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noname|:
Thanks ;)
The compiler I used is MinGW at the moment, but I read that there is in opposite to the Cygwin/GCC no restriction in that way.
If i'm wrong please correct me

NoName|

dmoore:
why the GPL aversion?

JGM:

--- Quote from: noname| on July 19, 2007, 05:44:16 pm ---Thanks ;)
The compiler I used is MinGW at the moment, but I read that there is in opposite to the Cygwin/GCC no restriction in that way.
If i'm wrong please correct me

NoName|

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--- Quote from: Mingw website ---MinGW - Licensing Terms

    MinGW base runtime package is uncopyrighted and placed in the public domain. This basically means that you can do what you want with the code.
w32api

    You are free to use, modify and copy this package. No restrictions are imposed on programs or object files compiled with this library. You may not restrict the the usage of this library. You may distribute this library as part of another package or as a modified package if and only if you do not restrict the usage of the portions consisting of this (optionally modified) library. If distributed as a modified package then this file must be included.

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--- Quote from: Cygwin website ---The Cygwin API library found in the winsup subdirectory of the source code is also covered by the GNU GPL (with exceptions; see below). By default, all executables link against this library (and in the process include GPL'd Cygwin glue code). This means that unless you modify the tools so that compiled executables do not make use of the Cygwin library, your compiled programs will also have to be free software distributed under the GPL with source code available to all.

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I think that with Mingw you can create commercial programs but not with Cygwin

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