cygwin compiled on Linux for Wiindows

[Bobby McNulty]

Jani tiainen wrote:

> Bobby McNulty Junior wrote:
>
>> I'm build Cygwin on Linux. This will be transfered to Windows.
>> In other other words, guys, I'm back to pragramming for Cygwin.
>> Do I have to turn in a copyright assignment? i don't work for a 
>> company. I'm freelance.
>> This is my hobby.
>> Bobby
>
>
> Where these started to came from..?
>
> Don't confuse copyright and license. They are two different subjects 
> and partly different laws applies to them, copyright is covered by 
> copyright laws, license is basically contract between you and other 
> people and is covered by contract (or similiar) laws.
>
> If you compile it under Cygwin _and_ link your app against _any_ GPL 
> library (including cygwin1.dll in Windoze) your application license 
> must be GPL. You still hold copyright for your original work (and your 
> later modifications) and thus can do anything with that piece of code 
> eg. there is some examples (like MySQL) that uses dual licensing, one 
> which is GPL and one commercial.
>
Its a hobby. I was wondering if I needed a copyright assignment to work 
on the dll

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