Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: Chris Faylor Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 11:21:44 -0500 To: creative1 Cc: cygwin@cygnus.com Subject: Re: dlls are completely free? Message-ID: <19990304112144.E1226@cygnus.com> References: <36DE9F4E.242E92DA@is9.nyu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <36DE9F4E.242E92DA@is9.nyu.edu>; from creative1 on Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 09:57:18AM -0500 On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 09:57:18AM -0500, creative1 wrote: >I remember reading something about it, but I lost the >message... > >Can I distribute the cygwins.dll with my program? >I mean, my program is under gnu license, 100% free >etc... Can I include the .dll when distributing it for >windows? You can distribute the DLL as long as you are willing to make source code for the DLL and for your program available. Unfortunately, use of the cygwin DLL by your program means that your program is also subject to the GPL. That means that you must provide source code for both your program and the DLL if someone asks for it. Cygnus does offer other licensing arrangements which allow you to avoid the source code restriction but you'll have to pay for them. So, I think this is good news for you since you are going to be distributing a GPL program. -chris -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com