From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anthony Tuininga To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Subject: Licensing Issue Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 13:38:00 -0000 Message-id: <408173704E9ED011A9DB00009296CA00154DD2@alpha.computronix.com> X-SW-Source: 1997-10/msg00188.html According to the FAQ, the Cgywin API is covered by the GPL, which means that any work which includes the Cygwin API must be under the GPL itself. However, this doesn't seem quite right to me -- the Cygwin API is a LIBRARY and as such, the cygwin.dll and its source ought to be under the LGPL, which allows inclusion of cygwin.dll in applications without the requirement of providing source for said application. So.....my questions for this list are: Is the FAQ correct when it says that the Cygwin API is under the GPL? If so, does this mean that any application/utility which I write must have source provided to customers? Is there any possibility of the license being changed to LGPL? Can anyone give me a definitive answer to these questions? Anthony Tuininga - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".