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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:42:55 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cygwin license with windows apps?
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On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 10:33:09AM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote:
>> * In message <3ef3180f DOT 25ae DOT 1804289383 AT wowway DOT com>
>> * On the subject of "cygwin license with windows apps?"
>> * Sent on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:19:59 -0500
>> * Honorable bsiever AT wowway DOT com writes:
>>
>> If you use gcc in the cygwin environment to build a windows
>> app and link against the windows dll's (using -mnocygwin
>> option), does this still fall under the GPL, even though you
>> aren't depending on the cygwin dll?
>
>No, no more than a program built on linux with gcc and glibc;
>you can distribute it under any license you want.
>
>IANAL.

1) If you are truly not using the cygwin DLL (and this mailing
list has demonstrated time and again that just -mno-cygwin is
not sufficient as many clever people go out of their way to
include cygwin libraries along with -mno-cygwin) then the program
is not GPL encumbered.

2) If you really want to be safe CHECK WITH YOUR OWN LEGAL COUNSEL.
Expecting expert advice from the cygwin mailing list is really not
safe.

cgf
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