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Re: port existing x windows application to win32
Thomas Dickey wrote:
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Michel Bardiaux wrote:
Thomas Dickey wrote:
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Michel Bardiaux wrote:
Eliah Kagan wrote:
There is of course a cygwin port of the X11 *client* libraries, but
what if you cant put your app under GPL? Is there a pure mingw port
of the X11 client lib?
The X11 client libraries aren't GPL.
No, but the cygwin X libraries *are* since they depend on cygwin1.dll.
hmm - that argument would make ncurses GPL, which is not only absurd.
but a lot of other nasty implications.
so your statement can be disregarded.
I assume you refer to the cygwin FAQ:
"11.3. What license applies to Cygwin source code?
Cygwin source code is licensed under a modified version of the GNU GPL.
Cygwin's license modification specifically allows third-party software
under an open source license to be linked with Cygwin without requiring
that the source code for the third-party software be distributed under
the terms of the GNU GPL. Cygwin's developers went to great trouble to
obtain this modification and should be thanked for doing so, as without
it the modification, Cygwin/X linking to Cygwin would be the subject of
endless discussion."
But I am not sure it can be applied to a situation where you have a
*closed source* application linking to the X client library which itself
requires cygwin1.dll.
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