From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Faylor , Chris Faylor To: cygwin@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 Message-ID: <19990307210703.A13422@cygnus.com> References: X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00204.html Message-ID: <19990331194500.-wJa8tPuC8hy7kBBzgho6eqHCfXFG34EXImuwdsdfQE@z> On Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 08:14:22PM -0500, Tripp Lilley wrote: >On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Chris Faylor wrote: > >> If a program is built using the cygwin stub library (-lcygwin) it *must* >> be GPLed. This is not an optional thing. It's a legal requirement. > >If the program is not built using the cygwin stub, but /does/ link to the >DLL using the OS' dynamic linking facility, does it still have to be >distributed under the GPL? I am not an expert but I believe that if you avoid using libcygwin.a and (more importantly) crt0.o then you'd probably be safe. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com