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@@ -74,17 +74,10 @@ but you should be sure to read the copyright section of the FAQ for more
information on how the GNU General Public License may affect your use of
these tools.
</para>
-<para>In particular, if you intend to port a proprietary (non-GPL'd)
-application using Cygwin, you will need the proprietary-use license
-for the Cygwin library. This is available for purchase from Red Hat;
-please visit <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/licensing.html"/> for more
-information. All other questions should be sent to the public project
-mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com.
-</para>
<para>Note that when we say "free" we mean freedom, not price. The goal of
such freedom is that the people who use a given piece of software
should be able to change it to fit their needs, learn from it, share
-it with their friends, etc. The Cygwin license allows you those
+it with their friends, etc. The GPL or LGPL licenses allows you those
freedoms, so it is free software.
</para>
</answer></qandaentry>