On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Armo Super wrote: > Hello > > What do you think about next situation? > > I have made an software, that I'm going to sell. > My software uses PostgreSql database system, witch is > distributed under BSD license. > If I want to get PostgreSql run in Windows > environment, I need Cygwin. > > My software -(direct use)-> JDBC -(socket)-> > PostgreSql -(direct?)-> Cygwin > > And now, is there any resctrictions towards my > software from GPL, becouse my software is not using > Cygwin. > > Thank you
Disclaimer: <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#GPL>, first definition. Having asked this question on the Cygwin list, you're about to receive loads of *personal* opinions from *non-lawyers*, so it's in your best interest to contact a real lawyer. That aside, and with the understanding that IANAL: Common sense dictates that socket connections cannot be thought of as "linking" (which is what the GPL covers). After all, connecting with a proprietary ssh client to a GPL'd ssh daemon on Linux doesn't make the client GPL'd (AFAIK). Now, if your program is actually linked to some of PostgreSQL DLLs, that's a whole different story... Of course, <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#YANALATEYHSMBSI>. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
