From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin-licensing@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Cygwin Licensing for Native Windows Apps
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:22:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090319091445.GV9322@calimero.vinschen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <276440134.398271237438148138.JavaMail.root@sz0028a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>
On Mar 19 04:49, steve.siano@comcast.net wrote:
> Dear Cygwin Licensing Team,
>
> What are the licensing terms for native Windows apps developed under
> Cygwin by compiling and linking with the -mno-cygwin flag? Â These
> apps do not use the Cygwin dll. Â Can they be distributed as
> proprietary apps without purchasing the Redhat Cygwin license buy-out?
The Cygwin licensing terms are referring to applications linked against
the Cygwin DLL. For the license only the application counts. It doesn't
matter that you created the application with a compiler linked against
Cygwin.
Of course, even if your applications don't use the Cygwin DLL, you have
to make sure that you're in compliance with the licenses of the other
libs you're linking against, but that doesn't affect cygwin licensing
anymore.
Corinna
--
Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat
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2009-03-19 8:57 ` steve.siano
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