From: kh AT wg DOT icl DOT co DOT uk (Kevin Hughes) Subject: Re: The gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com mailing list 21 Feb 1997 00:41:53 -0800 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <9702210753.AA24465.cygnus.gnu-win32@ss38.wg.icl.co.uk> Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com I have been trying to follow this thread since it started. There appear to be a number of conflivcting views which are causing me concern as to my current use of software under GPL and LGPL. Perhaps someone could help :-) Currently I use g++ for the production of software used INTERNALLY to support our development process. This software is never released to a customer and is not sold. I dont publish it (the company would be upset if I did). I think this is legal under GPL or LGPL. I also use c++ for building embedded s/w with VXWORKS. This is shipped with a copy of the gnu tools suite - gcc/c++/g++. There were some questions raised about the legality of using g++ as it links in libg++ so I reverted to c++ which does not have the same legal issues associated with it (allegedly). This s/w is sold (although a customer never sees it and cannot do anything with it). I believe this is also legal as everything is under GPL (and because VXWORKS said it was) My question is am I right? On the position of the cygwin library and the associated costs. I am currently using it but for "personal" development only. I am not going to be selling s/w which uses it - so thats legal. IF I did decide to sell some s/w which used it then I would need a license from cygwin at a cost which appears VERY high. If thats right why would I ever bother with the cygwin library - I would just get Microsoft (or some other suppliers) C++ system and build using that (I know its not POSIX etc. but this is new s/w). This allows me to ship (on Windoze) as many copies as I wish for as much as the market would take - no license fee to Microsoft. Is this right or am I missing something fundemental? Thanks for any clarification. Kevin - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".