> I just brought this up, since it was my understanding that if you > want to write a commercial program (ie. not under the GPL), and > link it against cygwin.dll, you've got to pay Cygnus $$$. Not all > that different than the restrictions on Qt, really.
Actually, it is different. GPL-ed software gives you the right to change the source, and gives you right to link other GPL-ed software to it on all platforms. Debian doesn't presently have a rule against libraries that pass the GPL infection, although we prefer to avoid them. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .