From: DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>
To: hcobb@telegenisys.com
Cc: Ssiddiqi@InspirePharm.Com, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Does GPL apply without Cygwin stub? [long and off-topic] (was Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey)
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 15:01:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199903082301.SAA14525@envy.delorie.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199903082259.RAA18063@delorie.com> (hcobb@telegenisys.com)
> 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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From: DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>
To: hcobb@telegenisys.com
Cc: Ssiddiqi@InspirePharm.Com, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Does GPL apply without Cygwin stub? [long and off-topic] (was Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey)
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:45:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199903082301.SAA14525@envy.delorie.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990331194500.5_0iaOgKeY7ME3MUKcAFQxQb7Rc3MrOZ6-ytMOf82Ig@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199903082259.RAA18063@delorie.com>
> 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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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-03-08 15:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-03-08 14:39 Suhaib M. Siddiqi
[not found] ` < 008f01be69b6$f4fa6ed0$29acdfd0@InspirePharm.Com >
1999-03-08 14:47 ` DJ Delorie
[not found] ` < 199903082247.RAA11818@envy.delorie.com >
1999-03-08 14:59 ` Henry J. Cobb
[not found] ` <199903082259.RAA18063@delorie.com>
1999-03-08 15:01 ` DJ Delorie [this message]
1999-03-31 19:45 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Henry J. Cobb
1999-03-31 19:45 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
[not found] <006a01be69b6$90433300$29acdfd0@InspirePharm.Com>
1999-03-08 15:23 ` Chris Faylor
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Chris Faylor
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1999-03-08 15:09 Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-08 15:07 Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-08 15:02 Suhaib M. Siddiqi
[not found] ` < 00a701be69ba$27d003d0$29acdfd0@InspirePharm.Com >
1999-03-08 15:06 ` Henry J. Cobb
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Henry J. Cobb
1999-03-08 14:50 Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-08 11:13 Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
[not found] <001901be6909$0c8aaeb0$cd3b4ec6@hunda>
1999-03-08 7:45 ` Chris Faylor
[not found] ` < 19990308104616.E789@cygnus.com >
1999-03-08 11:03 ` Fergus Henderson, Fergus Henderson
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Fergus Henderson, Fergus Henderson
[not found] ` <19990309060114.17632@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
1999-03-08 11:08 ` Chris Faylor
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Chris Faylor
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Chris Faylor
1999-03-07 18:18 Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-09 17:39 ` Stipe Tolj
[not found] ` < 36E5C331.2C0B@uni-duesseldorf.de >
1999-03-09 17:47 ` Chris Faylor
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Chris Faylor
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
[not found] <Pine.LNX.3.96.990307195915.12096C-100000@mail.perspex.com>
1999-03-07 18:06 ` Chris Faylor, Chris Faylor
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Chris Faylor, Chris Faylor
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