Using Cygnus tools to deliver closed software.
DJ Delorie
dj@delorie.com
Wed Mar 17 10:36:00 GMT 1999
> If you really want to use the Cygnus compiler and Gnu POSIX
> libraries to produce closed software, why not simply use the Cygnus
> compiler on Linux?
Because that won't result in programs that run under Windows, which is
often (sadly) a key marketing point.
It's not the *use* of gnu tools that causes the problems. It's the
fact that a program built *for* cygwin *includes* GPL'd cygwin sources
(see other debate for more info :). Programs built for Linux don't
include any gnu code (libc is a shared library), and they made it very
clear that they don't intend that the LGPL on libc.a infect binaries
using it as a shared library. If you link a Linux program statically,
then you'll have the same problem with Linux as you do with Cygwin.
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