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The term _linking_ in the licence
- From: "David E. Meier" <dev at eth0 dot ch>
- To: cygwin-licensing at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:12:54 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: The term _linking_ in the licence
Hi list,
I am confused about the GPL licence. Both suggested sites for reading
before posting to this list about licencing only mention 'linking' with
other programs.
I face the following siuation:
I have written a program in C# that makes use of tools like ssh, rsync and
some bash shell built-ins. The C# program is the main .exe and does not
link to any of the GPL-programs while building and therefore the C# binary
does not contain any cygwin code. The GPL-exe's are called as system calls
at runtime via the cmd.exe.
Does the C# program need to be redistributed under the GPL as well?
Dave