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On Jun 23 09:48, Warren Young wrote: > On Jun 23, 2016, at 6:18 AM, Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > From 2.5.2 onwards, the Cygwin DLL is now available under the GNU LGPL v3, rather > > than the former GPLv3. > > I have mixed feelings about this. > > On the one hand, it means we get the same freedoms when deploying GCC-compiled software on Windows as on Linux, which feels inherently correct. > > On the other hand, I hope this means you get to remain employed. Yes, no worries. > Was this change in reaction to the âBash on Windowsâ announcement? No. The decision to make this change (or something along these lines) precedes the MSFT announcement by a few months, albeit the when and how were in limbo for quite some time. Such a license change is an issue which requires even lawyers to step very carefully :) Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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