After sending this, I noticed that here they are not mentioning the LGPL
(used be called the Library GPL, now the Lesser GPL), which covers
linking GPL'ed libraries into non-GPL'ed binaries.

Peter

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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Mount [mailto:petermount@it.maidstone.gov.uk]
Sent: 21 October 1999 07:51
To: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Readline use in trouble?]


I've just found this on the cygwin list - may be of interest with this
thread.

Peter

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-----Original Message-----
From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com]
Sent: 20 October 1999 20:39
To: Jim.Fairchild@IndSys.ge.com; cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Licensing question


--- Jim.Fairchild@IndSys.ge.com wrote:
> I have a question regarding the statement, "if you intend to port a
> commercial
> (non-GPL'd) application using Cygwin, you will need the commercial
license to
> Cygwin that comes with the supported native Win32 GNUPro product".
What
> licensing restrictions apply if you plan on using the Unix utilities
only,
> and
> will not be developing applications that use the cygwin?  The Unix
utilities
> would be used in a commercial application to enable the customer to
> transition
> from a UNIX system to a Windows NT system.

Notice: This is _not_ Legal Advice.  I shall not be held liable for
damages
caused by this response.

IMO, your use of a GPL binary does not cause your commercial package
problems. 
If you include a GPL library in your commercial package such as
libreadline.a
then your package must then also be covered by the GPL.

If you distribute a GPL binary then YOU must agree to have the source
available
upon request for three years after the distribution for the version of
the
binary distributed or also distribute the source when you distribute the
binary.

Please, refer to the COPYING document at the http://www.fsf.org site or
should
be found with any GPL distribution.  It _is_ the legal document for the
GPL.


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RE: [HACKERS] Readline use in trouble?]