Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 11:56:59 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: George Foot <gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Win32 support for DJGPP!!!!
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On 20 Feb 1997, George Foot wrote:

> : Sorry, I don't really know the details of the GPL. But basically,
> : you're saying, as long as you don't link GPL'ed libraries, and you
> : just use GPL'ed tools (like gcc), you don't have to worry?
> 
> There are two separate licenses - the GPL (General Public License) and the
> LGPL (Library General Public License). The LGPL requires you (among other 
> things) to release the full source code to any program which uses routines
> from the library. As an example, libc is under GPL but libgpp is under LGPL.
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
As DJ has pointed out, this is incorrect.  Please read chapter 19 of
the DJGPP FAQ list for more info about legal aspects of DJGPP that are
supposed to be read by mere mortals (as opposed to laywers).