* Cygwin library now available under GNU LGPL
@ 2016-06-23 12:20 Corinna Vinschen
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From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2016-06-23 12:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi folks,
I'm pleased to announce that the today's upcoming release of the Cygwin
library (version 2.5.2) introduces a license change. From 2.5.2
onwards, the Cygwin DLL is now available under the GNU LGPL v3, rather
than the former GPLv3.
The official Red Hat announcement:
https://www.redhat.com/en/about/blog/cygwin-library-now-available-under-gnu-lesser-general-public-license
This change not only allows us to drop the buyout license, it also
allows us to drop the requirement for contributor's to sign a copyright
assignment.
I'll follow up later today with a description of the new procedure for
contributions (easy!, but now I have to look for releaseing 2.5.2 first.
Stay tuned.
Peace,
Corinna
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Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat
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