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Let me get this straight - if I write a program which is linked against a library, my program could be governed by the library's licence? I can see this would be the case if static linked, but surely not for a dynamically linked library?

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Dylan

static/dynamic makes no difference. Many libraries use the LGPL which does not attach to the linked programs. I know cygwin's dlls are covered by the GPL, so any program that utilizes the cygwin dlls is covered by the GPL. As a developer, it is your job to know what the libraries license says. Greg -- Greg Freemyer