licensing issue

[Alan DeKok]

jerry jose wrote:
> 1)i would like the server to  interact with one of our clients
> programs and perform some some data retrieval tasks,ie the server
> recieves a request and will  call an external program to perform the
> remaining  tasks.i  would like to  know whether such an external
> program would  come under GPLV2 or 3.

  There are no license restriction on programs external to FreeRADIUS.
i.e. if you do not link to, or use, any of the FreeRADIUS code, your
program does not need to be under the GPL.

> 2)can freeradius be used in windows (with cygwin)

  Yes.

  Alan DeKok.