From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg Miller To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:45:00 -0000 Message-ID: <36E4C5C5.B27DD935@classic-games.com> References: <36E2B26B.BEA9DC67@uni-duesseldorf.de> <199903071805.NAA13212@envy.delorie.com> <36E30CB6.1B5F@uni-duesseldorf.de> <199903080113.UAA15742@envy.delorie.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00277.html Message-ID: <19990331194500.Vtwq4KgrPzWbxqARF7sS1XIxwij3-bacTOIV0-fNsqs@z> DJ Delorie wrote: > The reason I specified full sources for all application is because > when you build an application with cygwin, the resulting binary always > includes sources from cygwin (namely, the startup code and import > library stubs), so all applications thus compiled must be distributed > under the terms of the GPL. Possibly. American courts have *sometimes* held that, for purposes of interoperation with other software and/or hardware, you can ignore licensing terms/copyrights that would prevent that interoperation. Has the GPL ever been tested in an appeals court for Windows .DLLs and the associated .LIB files? If not, we're guessing what would happen. -- http://www.classic-games.com/ President Clinton was acquitted; then again, so was O. J. Simpson. *** NEWBIES: Limit signatures to four lines! No HTML mail or posts! *** -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com