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Re: port existing x windows application to win32

Thomas Dickey wrote:

> The X library source is not GPL.  Likewise ncurses.
> Stating that it is "effectively" GPL is at best misleading,
> since it is possible for someone to take the same source
> to a different place and use it without cygwin.

The word "effectively" might be misleading to you but it's correct from
the standpoint of the *user* of any of these libraries.

If libX11 links against libcygwin, then any app that links against
libX11 must be GPL - even if libX11 itself is MIT-licensed.  If
libncurses links against libcygwin, then any app that links against
libncurses must be GPL - even if libncurses itself is MIT-licensed. 
Period.

("GPL" above actually should be "GPL or OSI-approved" due to the redhat
exception.)

Brian

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