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Re: cygwin license with windows apps?
- From: Sam Steingold <sds at gnu dot org>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: 20 Jun 2003 10:33:09 -0400
- Subject: Re: cygwin license with windows apps?
- Organization: disorganization
- References: <3ef3180f.25ae.1804289383@wowway.com>
- Reply-to: sds at gnu dot org
> * In message <3ef3180f.25ae.1804289383@wowway.com>
> * On the subject of "cygwin license with windows apps?"
> * Sent on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:19:59 -0500
> * Honorable bsiever@wowway.com writes:
>
> If you use gcc in the cygwin environment to build a windows
> app and link against the windows dll's (using -mnocygwin
> option), does this still fall under the GPL, even though you
> aren't depending on the cygwin dll?
No, no more than a program built on linux with gcc and glibc;
you can distribute it under any license you want.
IANAL.
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