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Re: port existing x windows application to win32


On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 04:59:00PM -0500, Richard Campbell wrote:
>>Oh, please don't.  This is a simple concept.  There is nothing
>>complicated here.
>>
>If you build your program using Cygwin's gcc then your program is
>GPLed regardless of whether it is using X11 libraries.
>
>-m-no-cygwin?

In this context, -mno-cygwin programs really are not able to use the X11
libraries so it wouldn't work.

The use of "-mno-cygwin" produces non-cygwin binaries which make the
discussion of cygwin licensing unnecessary.

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