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Re: GNU compilers, new Cygnus license wories.
- To: Jan-Jaap van der Heijden <J dot J dot vanderHeijden at student dot utwente dot nl>
- Subject: Re: GNU compilers, new Cygnus license wories.
- From: Henrik Geleff <hgeleff at spidernet dot com dot cy>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 23:23:41 +0300
- CC: GNU-Win32 list <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.970712154749.907B-100000@zoo-station.student.utwente.nl>
Jan-Jaap van der Heijden wrote:
> ...
> It is allowed to use GCC, as part of the GNUPro toolkit, with
> cygwin.dll.
> But, once I modify GCC, it is no longer part of the "GNUPro_Toolkit
> produced by Cygnus Solutions", and I am not allowed to use it with
> cygwin.dll. This effectively limits my freedom to modify GCC
> and distribute modified copies. An example of such a modified GCC is
> the "mingw32" project.
>
mingw32 does not use cygwin.dll, mingw32 replaces it and in fact reduces
the memory requirements of small GUI applications as well as speeding
the load time.
I have not read the license in detail, but mingw32 avoids the quoted
clauses.
Regards
Henrik Geleff
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