From: paul-ml AT is DOT lg DOT ua (Paul Sokolovsky)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Friendly announcement: PW32 the Posix-over-Win32 layer 0.6.0
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 13:02:49 GMT
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 15:50:47 GMT, Damian Yerrick
<Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p> wrote:

>>> So it's like Cygwin, only without the GPL copyleft?
>>
>>The LGPL is not much different than the GPL.  You still have to
>>distribute sources for PW32 itself, and a method for replacing PW32 in
>>your application.
>
>Which only means:
> o mirror the standard pw32 distro on your web site (and point your
>   product's README to your mirror)

	Don't forget to submit patches to me, if you change it ;-)

> o include .o files in your application's distro (use the linker as
>   part of the installer?)

	Nope, it's dynamically linked.

>
>It doesn't mean:
> o reveal trade secrets, as you would have to with Cygwin

	YMMV. My decision to license it under LGPL was based primarily on
fact that DJ put djgpp's libc under LGPL, so I thought, if I base on it, I
might leave it so.

>
>-- 
>Damian Yerrick


Paul