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Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 12:25:15 -0500
From: bill DOT chatfield AT netcommunity DOT com
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Subject: LGPL is for libraries not GPL

Why doesn't Cygwin use the LGPL?  cygwin.dll is a library.  LGPL is for 
libraries.  
GPL is for programs.  cygwin.dll is the type of thing that the LGPL was 
created for.


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