Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <3A918ECE.A82399F1@beamreachnetworks.com> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:23:26 -0800 From: "Eric M. Monsler" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com CC: holberg AT o-s-c DOT de Subject: Re: Cygwin compiled DLL under Visual C++ References: <20010219144235 DOT B19549 AT redhat DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Christopher Faylor wrote: > (snip) > And, I have to point out that if you are linking with the Cygwin DLL, > *all* of your source has now become GPLed. Souldn't this be, "If you are distributing code that links to the Cygwin DLL..."? For example, I have a small chunk of code for internal company use. I compile it under either Solaris or Cygwin on NT. My README file and paper documentation clearly states that no distribution outside the company is permitted of the NT binary, and that if such is desired that a commercial Cygwin license must first be purchased from RedHat. But we can use the NT version internally, and could still distribute the Solaris version off of the same sourcecode. I can't imaging that this little testcode will ever be distributed, but the fact that we use it with Cygwin does not automatically transform it into free software. IANAL. I have read carefully the GPL, I read carefully discussions regarding the GPL and LGPL restrictions, and take them quite seriously. Eric -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple