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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/