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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:01:20 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: [FAQ Alert, ping JDF!] RE: How to make DLLs in cygwin for MSVC and BCB
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On Jun 22 16:45, Dave Korn wrote:
> "  Download crt0.c from the cygwin website and include it in your sources.
> Modify it to call my_crt0() instead of cygwin_crt0().  "
> 
> for point 5, and then something like
> 
> "  Note that if you are using any other Cygwin-based libraries that you will
> probably need to build them as DLLs using gcc and then generate import
> libraries for the MS VC linker.
> 
>   Note also that Cygwin is GPL'd software (as indeed are all other
> Cygwin-based libraries).  That means that if your code links against the
> cygwin dll (and if your program is calling functions from Cygwin, it must,
> as a matter of fact, be linked against it), you must apply the GPL to your
> source as well.  Of course, this only matters if you plan to distribute your
> program in binary form.  For more information, see
> http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html.  "

FWIW, I think the GPL hint should be the start of this paragraph.
If that's ok with the reader, then he or she can read on.


Corinna

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