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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 00:00:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stanislav Sinyagin <ssinyagin AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: Proprietary Software [WAS: Re: SGML/XML packages available for  testing]
To: Earnie Boyd <Cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Cc: Markus Hoenicka <Markus DOT Hoenicka AT uth DOT tmc DOT edu>, cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com,
   Earnie Boyd <Cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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--- Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
> Stanislav Sinyagin wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Markus,
> > 
> > I am using these distributions in my propriatory software:
> > 
> 
> Your proprietary software will need to have a GPL license if it uses any
> library compiled with Cygwin1.dll dependencies.  Your proprietary
> software will need to have a GPL license if it uses any library that is
> itself covered by the GPL unless special clauses are given such as is in
> the LGPL. 

well, these are few Perl scripts that we use internally, and the documentation
written in DocBook XML. It's no way a software for sale, nor a package which 
could be useful to anyone else, because it's really domain-specific. 

Am I right that in this case I'm free to use the GPL software 
without any license offence?

Thanks for pointing to the issue, it's a really thing to think about.

Ragards, 
Stanislav


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