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| | MinGW - Frequently Asked Questions |
 | | The MinGW basic runtime system, which is basically the glue to the underlying operating system, is completely in the public domain. |
 | | Mingw development tools, which include compilers, linkers, other tools in the bin directory, etc., are released under the GNU General Public License. |
 | | Based on this, the MinGW developers/maintainers/packagers decided it would be best to rename the native version so that both the "native" version and the MSYS version could be present at the same time without file name collision. |
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