On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Brian Ford wrote:

> >Is it true that any application I compile under cygwin's gcc/g++ is
> >automatically under the GPL? Is so I've been doing some violating...
> >sorry.
>
> This will link your binary to the cygwin DLL by default.  Unless you have
> purchased a buy out contract from Red Hat, yes.

There are some exceptions, IIRC.  For more information, see
<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_8.html#SEC136> or consult a lawyer.
        Igor
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