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Message-ID: <20200724233302.GA322473@spikycactus.com> References: <3364bc82b7660df3ae8613cdadef8b9dac2fe416.camel@korwin-zmijowski.fr> <83wo2teag4.fsf@gnu.org> <87ft9hnzqp.fsf@web.de> <20200724115042.GA305613@spikycactus.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: WebService/1.1.16271 hermes_yahoo Apache-HttpAsyncClient/4.1.4 (Java/11.0.7) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=66.163.190.147; envelope-from=spk121@yahoo.com; helo=sonic315-21.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/07/24 19:33:13 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT=0.25, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 19:43:42 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-guix@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=yahoo.com header.s=s2048 header.b=PJAPCGhR; dmarc=pass (policy=reject) header.from=yahoo.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of help-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=help-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.71 X-TUID: Dh22QSgu2Fow On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 07:25:07PM +0300, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: > Mike Gran 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