On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 15:08 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 11:53:22AM -0700, Max Kaehn wrote: > >I'm concerned about that FAQ entry giving incomplete information > > And, I'm always concerned about people who can't find any information unless > it is in in the FAQ.
Think of how much time it could save you to not have to answer questions about contradictions between the FAQ and the Cygwin license. :-) > I'd rather not refer to this as "exceptions to the GPL requirement". I > think that something along the lines of: > > Before you begin, note that Cygwin is licensed under the GNU GPL (as > indeed are all other Cygwin-based libraries). That means that if your > code links against the cygwin dll (and if your program is calling > functions from Cygwin, it must, as a matter of fact, be linked against > it), and you are distributing binaries, the GPL, in general, applies to > your source as well. See http://cygwin.com/licensing.html for more > details about the GPL and Cygwin's use of it. > > would be preferable. I'd like to get Corinna's take on this, however, > and that won't be happening for a week or so. Sounds good.
