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The general idea
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Most of the tools are covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL), although some are public domain, and others have a X11-style copyright.  To cover the GNU GPL requirements, the basic rule is if you give out any binaries, you must also make the source available.  For the full details, be sure to read the text of the GNU GPL which follows.

The Cygwin API library found in the winsup subdirectory of the source code is also covered by the GNU GPL.  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.

Cygwin is currently available for proprietary use only through a proprietary-use license.  Please contact sales@cygnus.com for more information.

In accordance with section 10 of the GPL, Cygnus 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/osd.html for the precise Open Source Definition referenced above.

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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     		   GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
     		      Version 2, June 1991

      Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
                               675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
      Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
      of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.

     			    Preamble

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     			    NO WARRANTY

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     		     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

     	Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs

       If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
     possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
     free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.

       To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
     to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
     convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
     the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.

         <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
         Copyright (C) 19yy  <name of author>

         This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
         it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

     Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.

     If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
     when it starts in an interactive mode:

         Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19yy name of author
         Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
         This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
         under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.

     The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
     parts of the General Public License.  Of course, the commands you use may
     be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
     mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.

     You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
     school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
     necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:

       Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
       `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.

       <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
       Ty Coon, President of Vice

     This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
     proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you may
     consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
     library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
     Public License instead of this License.