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Most of the tools are covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL),
although some are public domain, and others have a X11-style
copyright. To cover the GNU GPL
requirements, the basic rule is if you give out any binaries, you must
also make the source available. For the full details, be sure to
read the text of the GNU GPL which follows.
copyright. To cover the GNU GPL requirements, the basic rule is if
you give out any binaries, you must also make the source available.
For the full details, be sure to read the text of the GNU GPL which
follows.
The Cygwin API library found in the winsup subdirectory of the
source code is also covered by the GNU GPL. By default, all
executables link against this library (and in the process include GPL'd
Cygwin glue code). This means that unless you modify the tools
so that compiled executables do not make use of the Cygwin library,
your compiled programs will also have to be free software distributed
under the GPL with source code available to all.
The Cygwin API library found in the winsup subdirectory of the source
code is also covered by the GNU GPL. By default, all executables link
against this library (and in the process include GPL'd Cygwin glue
code). This means that unless you modify the tools so that compiled
executables do not make use of the Cygwin library, your compiled
programs will also have to be free software distributed under the GPL
with source code available to all.
Cygwin is currently available for proprietary use only through a
proprietary-use license. Please see
@file{http://www.redhat.com/software/cygwin/} for more information
about the Red Hat Cygwin Product.
In accordance with section 10 of the GPL, Red Hat, Inc. permits programs whose
sources are distributed under a license that complies with the Open
Source definition to be linked with libcygwin.a without libcygwin.a
itself causing the resulting program to be covered by the GNU GPL.
In accordance with section 10 of the GPL, Red Hat, Inc. permits
programs whose sources are distributed under a license that complies
with the Open Source definition to be linked with libcygwin.a without
libcygwin.a itself causing the resulting program to be covered by the
GNU GPL.
This means that you can port an Open Source(tm) application to cygwin,
and distribute that executable as if it didn't include a copy of
libcygwin.a linked into it. Note that this does not apply to the cygwin
DLL itself. If you distribute a (possibly modified) version of the DLL
you must adhere to the terms of the GPL, i.e., you must provide sources
for the cygwin DLL.
libcygwin.a linked into it. Note that this does not apply to the
cygwin DLL itself. If you distribute a (possibly modified) version of
the DLL you must adhere to the terms of the GPL, i.e., you must
provide sources for the cygwin DLL.
See http://www.opensource.org/osd.html for the precise Open Source
Definition referenced above.
See @file{http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.html} for
the precise Open Source Definition referenced above.
@section GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
@example