From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>
To: Brian Ford <ford@vss.fsi.com>
Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: compiled files under GPL?
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 00:30:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.56.0309262023120.3193@slinky.cs.nyu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.56.0309261828210.284@eos>
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Brian Ford wrote:
> >Is it true that any application I compile under cygwin's gcc/g++ is
> >automatically under the GPL? Is so I've been doing some violating...
> >sorry.
>
> This will link your binary to the cygwin DLL by default. Unless you have
> purchased a buy out contract from Red Hat, yes.
There are some exceptions, IIRC. For more information, see
<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_8.html#SEC136> or consult a lawyer.
Igor
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-27 0:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-27 0:22 Brian Ford
2003-09-27 0:30 ` Igor Pechtchanski [this message]
2003-09-27 3:58 ` Matthew O. Persico
2003-09-29 21:14 ` Brian Ford
2003-09-29 21:38 ` Christopher Faylor
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2003-09-26 23:29 caj
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