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diff --git a/winsup/mingw/profile/CYGWIN_LICENSE b/winsup/mingw/profile/CYGWIN_LICENSE new file mode 100755 index 000000000..7c6adad80 --- /dev/null +++ b/winsup/mingw/profile/CYGWIN_LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as published by +the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at +your option) any later version. + +This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software +Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + *** NOTE *** + +In accordance with section 10 of the GPL, Red Hat permits programs whose +sources are distributed under a license that complies with the Open +Source definition to be linked with libcygwin.a without libcygwin.a +itself causing the resulting program to be covered by the GNU GPL. + +This means that you can port an Open Source(tm) application to cygwin, +and distribute that executable as if it didn't include a copy of +libcygwin.a linked into it. Note that this does not apply to the cygwin +DLL itself. If you distribute a (possibly modified) version of the DLL +you must adhere to the terms of the GPL, i.e. you must provide sources +for the cygwin DLL. + +See http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.html for the precise Open Source +Definition referenced above. + +Red Hat sells a special Cygwin License for customers who are unable to +provide their application in open source code form. For more +information, please see: http://www.redhat.com/software/tools/cygwin/, +or call 866-2REDHAT ext. 3007 + |