Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:42:55 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: cygwin license with windows apps? Message-ID: <20030620144255.GA29526@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <3ef3180f.25ae.1804289383@wowway.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 10:33:09AM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote: >> * In message <3ef3180f.25ae.1804289383@wowway.com> >> * On the subject of "cygwin license with windows apps?" >> * Sent on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:19:59 -0500 >> * Honorable bsiever@wowway.com writes: >> >> If you use gcc in the cygwin environment to build a windows >> app and link against the windows dll's (using -mnocygwin >> option), does this still fall under the GPL, even though you >> aren't depending on the cygwin dll? > >No, no more than a program built on linux with gcc and glibc; >you can distribute it under any license you want. > >IANAL. 1) If you are truly not using the cygwin DLL (and this mailing list has demonstrated time and again that just -mno-cygwin is not sufficient as many clever people go out of their way to include cygwin libraries along with -mno-cygwin) then the program is not GPL encumbered. 2) If you really want to be safe CHECK WITH YOUR OWN LEGAL COUNSEL. Expecting expert advice from the cygwin mailing list is really not safe. cgf -- Please use the resources at cygwin.com rather than sending personal email. Special for spam email harvesters: send email to aaaspam@sourceware.org and be permanently blocked from mailing lists at sources.redhat.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/