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== Cygwin beyond OSDev == |
== Cygwin beyond OSDev == |
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If you go beyond OS development, there are several caveats regarding Cygwin that make its approach of "POSIX on Windows" less than perfect |
If you go beyond OS development, there are several caveats regarding Cygwin that make its approach of "POSIX on Windows" less than perfect. Two more refer to [[Licensing Issues]] when linking Windows applications using Cygwin: |
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* linking to the Cygwin DLL (POSIX API) makes your code fall under the GPL if distributed, and being dependent on the Cygwin DLL being present in a system; |
* linking to the Cygwin DLL (POSIX API) makes your code fall under the GPL if distributed, and being dependent on the Cygwin DLL being present in a system; |
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