From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: getopt_long?
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On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 19:33:11 +0600 (LKT), Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel
<kalum AT lintux DOT cx> wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Stan Moore spoke the following immortal words,
>
>> I didn't check the license myself since I only used getopt_long
>> in a small throw away tool for my own use, so I will humbly admit
>> my ignorance of the license issue.
>
>getopt_long is also part of the GNU C library, so that makes it GPL.

Actually, IIRC, glibc is under GNU Lesser GPL:
  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html
So you have to distribute your app's .o files, mirror the parts of
glibc you use, and tell them where to get the latest DJGPP and glibc.

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