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Re: Does GPL apply without Cygwin stub? [long and off-topic] (was Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey)
- To: hcobb@telegenisys.com
- Subject: Re: Does GPL apply without Cygwin stub? [long and off-topic] (was Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey)
- From: DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 18:01:25 -0500
- CC: Ssiddiqi@InspirePharm.Com, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
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> Ergo, if you buy such a product, you MUST NOT run any other software that
> loads the cygwin1.dll, because either you would be making their product
> load the GPL'd dll or your GPL software would be loading the license
> restricted dll.
Since Windows checks the directory the executable runs from before the
PATH, this shouldn't be a problem if the dll is stored with the
executable and you manage your path properly. Yes, I know it doesn't
always work that way. If you have two cygwin1.dlls in your PATH and
they're incompatible, you might have other problems anyway.
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