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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Are the Cygwin tools free software?</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><link rel="home" href="cygwin-ug-net.html" title="Cygwin User's Guide"><link rel="up" href="overview.html" title="Chapter 1. Cygwin Overview"><link rel="prev" href="ov-ex-unix.html" title="Quick Start Guide for those more experienced with UNIX"><link rel="next" href="brief-history.html" title="A brief history of the Cygwin project"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Are the Cygwin tools free software?</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ov-ex-unix.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 1. Cygwin Overview</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="brief-history.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="are-free"></a>Are the Cygwin tools free software?</h2></div></div></div><p>Yes. Parts are <a class="ulink" href="http://www.gnu.org/" target="_top">GNU</a> software
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(<span class="command"><strong>gcc</strong></span>, <span class="command"><strong>gas</strong></span>, <span class="command"><strong>ld</strong></span>, etc.),
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parts are covered by the standard
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<a class="ulink" href="http://www.x.org/Downloads_terms.html" target="_top">X11 license</a>,
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some of it is public domain, some of it was written by Red Hat and placed under
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the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html" target="_top">GNU General Public
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License</a> (GPL) or <a class="ulink" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html" target="_top">
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GNU Lesser General Public License</a> (LGPL). None of it is shareware.
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You don't have to pay anyone to use it but you should be sure to read the
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copyright section of the FAQ for more information on how the GNU GPL may
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affect your use of these tools.</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ov-ex-unix.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="overview.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="brief-history.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Quick Start Guide for those more experienced with UNIX </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="cygwin-ug-net.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> A brief history of the Cygwin project</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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