On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 07:25:07PM +0300, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: > Mike Gran <spk...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Cygwin: use gcc or clang, link to a special C and POSIX library that > > handles the Windows API for you. > > Its emulation library is GPL[ed] > > Really? I was under impression, that it is under a _weakened_ variant of > _Lesser_ GPL, i. e. its terms are even less restrictive that those of GNU > libc. > > > so to distribute a Cygwin app, it must be GPL[-compatible] > > After all, Cygwin itself (just like any other GNU distro) have always > distributed quite a few of GPL-incompatible software, so that statement does > not look plausible at all.
You are correct. I misread this page https://cygwin.com/licensing.html Apologies. -Mike Gran
