From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" To: , Cc: 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: <00a701be69ba$27d003d0$29acdfd0@InspirePharm.Com> X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00267.html Message-ID: <19990331194500.rhzbQ1mgR0kbPKJJay3F5KHLLM-9dbX9seddWDmNkq4@z> >>However, this does NOT mean that the cygwin1.dll they include is a >>GPL'd product - you must treat it like any other proprietary software, >>and neither copy nor redistribute it, nor use it for anything other >>than running their applictions. > >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. > This absolutely vague. If this is so, then why someone should buy that product??? >At least Big Blue thought at least this far and required you to rename and >trim out their C++ library DLLs for your products. > What does it mean? -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com