Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:22:49 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Help! Need B.20.1 src Message-ID: <20050123012249.GN32005@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <1106432621 DOT 23759 DOT 6 DOT camel AT mellor DOT kw DOT net> <20050122234445 DOT GI32005 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <1106442000 DOT 24143 DOT 20 DOT camel AT mellor DOT kw DOT net> <41F2FB38 DOT BD37B3FB AT dessent DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41F2FB38.BD37B3FB@dessent.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 05:17:44PM -0800, Brian Dessent wrote: >John Mellor wrote: >>Correct me if I'm mistaken, but if I'm going to make a few dollars off >>of a non-free something that links in an open source library, I need to >>provide the source for the open-source parts with the product, or fall >>afoul of the LGPL. So, to make everybody happy, I believe that all I >>need to add, is to provide the source for cygwin1.dll to the Customer. > >I don't know if the ancient Bxx series was LGPL, but the current Cygwin >source is GPL which means you must provide not only the Cygwin DLL >source but also all the source of your app that links to it. > >There is a mailing list to discuss this: cygwin-licensing at cygwin dot >com. I think that cygwin has been GPL since early 1997. So, you're right. I can't believe I missed this. Anything that uses the Cygwin DLL is GPLed. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/