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 X-Apparently-From: Message-ID: <3B0425D3.9FFB196F@yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 15:26:11 -0400 From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: Cygwin Users X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: arto DOT huusko AT utu DOT fi CC: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: License, -mno-cygwin References: <1118 DOT 10 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 3 DOT 990125391 DOT squirrel AT maailma DOT yok DOT utu DOT fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Arto Huusko wrote: > > Hello all, > > I've been using combination of DJGPP+RSXNTDJ for a long while, and after > installing W2K the thing broke down. So, what about Cygwin... > > What I want to know: can I write and release propertiary applications > compiled with and in cygwin environment, without making them GPL or > open otherwise, if I specify for GCC -mno-cygwin? > As long as you don't add any other libraries than the ones you've written and the ones already supplied then yes you can then distribute your proprietary code without concern for licensing issues. If you add other libraries then the licensing that governs the use of those libraries come into play and you will need to know how that affects you by reading the specific library's license. > And do I understand correctly that in effect, -mno-cygwin makes the > app link only to Windows DLLs. > If it's only C yes, however C++ adds the libstdc++.a library which is a static LGPL library with special clauses that allow you to use it with your proprietary binaries. > I do understand the fact that I'll break my ANSI compatible code with > -mno-cygwin. But I can work (probably rather fight) my way through > that. > You understand incorrectly. The MinGW is ANSI compatible. It isn't POSIX compatible. > TIA (and please CC me, I'm not on the list) > You should use the http://www.mingw.org site and join the mingw list. -- Earnie. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple