From: hgeleff@spidernet.com.cy (Henrik Geleff) Subject: Re: GNU compilers, new Cygnus license wories. 12 Jul 1997 14:08:32 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <33C7E7CC.DEE29D00.cygnus.gnu-win32@spidernet.com.cy> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b5 [en] (Win95; I) Original-To: Jan-Jaap van der Heijden Original-CC: GNU-Win32 list X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Jan-Jaap van der Heijden wrote: > ... > It is allowed to use GCC, as part of the GNUPro toolkit, with > cygwin.dll. > But, once I modify GCC, it is no longer part of the "GNUPro_Toolkit > produced by Cygnus Solutions", and I am not allowed to use it with > cygwin.dll. This effectively limits my freedom to modify GCC > and distribute modified copies. An example of such a modified GCC is > the "mingw32" project. > mingw32 does not use cygwin.dll, mingw32 replaces it and in fact reduces the memory requirements of small GUI applications as well as speeding the load time. I have not read the license in detail, but mingw32 avoids the quoted clauses. Regards Henrik Geleff - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".