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RE: Binary distribution and DLLs
- From: "Jon Beniston" <jon at beniston dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:59:46 -0000
- Subject: RE: Binary distribution and DLLs
> Binary distribution? You are aware that linking an
> application against the Cygwin DLL requires to put your
> application under a compatible Open Source license, aren't
> you? See http://cygwin.com/license.html
Yes, it already is GPLed and the source will be included. However, most
users do not want to compile things for themselves (at least in this
instance).
> I'm not sure he is and the user rights come first per the GPL.
> Not only that the application has to be put under an OSS
> license, it's also required to distribute the Cygwin DLL
> with sources, accoding to the GPL Section 3)
As I said in my original e-mail, I'm not planning to distribute cygwin1.dll.
This would be installed by Cygwin's setup.exe.
My query is regarding other DLLs (which I have already said I would include
the source for, if I included the binary).
Cheers,
Jon
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