port existing x windows application to win32

[Michel Bardiaux]

Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Michel Bardiaux wrote:
> 
>> Thomas Dickey wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Michel Bardiaux wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eliah Kagan wrote:
>>>> There is of course a cygwin port of the X11 *client* libraries, but 
>>>> what if you cant put your app under GPL? Is there a pure mingw port 
>>>> of the X11 client lib?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The X11 client libraries aren't GPL.
>>>
> 
>> No, but the cygwin X libraries *are* since they depend on cygwin1.dll.
> 
> 
> hmm - that argument would make ncurses GPL, which is not only absurd.
> but a lot of other nasty implications.
> 
> so your statement can be disregarded.
> 

I assume you refer to the cygwin FAQ:

"11.3. What license applies to Cygwin source code?

Cygwin source code is licensed under a modified version of the GNU GPL. 
Cygwin's license modification specifically allows third-party software 
under an open source license to be linked with Cygwin without requiring 
that the source code for the third-party software be distributed under 
the terms of the GNU GPL. Cygwin's developers went to great trouble to 
obtain this modification and should be thanked for doing so, as without 
it the modification, Cygwin/X linking to Cygwin would be the subject of 
endless discussion."

But I am not sure it can be applied to a situation where you have a 
*closed source* application linking to the X client library which itself 
requires cygwin1.dll.

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