From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18418 invoked by alias); 2 Jul 2007 15:18:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 18408 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Jul 2007 15:18:41 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:18:37 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id CF47F6D47FF; Mon, 2 Jul 2007 17:18:34 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:18:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: GPLv3 Message-ID: <20070702151834.GC30973@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <46872417.5010406@byu.net> <468729AE.DFBAD955@dessent.net> <4687B75A.9020700@byu.net> <4687B75A.9020700-PGZyUNKar/Q@public.gmane.org> <20070702073958.GY30973@calimero.vinschen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2007-07/txt/msg00007.txt.bz2 On Jul 2 10:40, Andrew Schulman wrote: > > I'll try to get legal advice about Cygwin and the > > GPLv3. > > All this licensing stuff gives me headaches. I gave up trying to understand > it long ago. Unfortunately the wording of the GPLv3 got rather less easy to understand than the GPLv2. I can see why, but it's unfortunate just the same. > Corinna, whenever you or someone else gets legal advice about this, I'd > appreciate it if a policy could be posted stating as clearly as possible for > us packagers what we can and can't do, and what traps to watch out for, as > regards the various licenses. Sure. I'm already in internal discussion but this might take a while longer. The GPLv2 vs. GPLv3 issue has a couple of implications for Red Hat so changes will not be made lightheaded. I hope a decision is due soon. In the meantime, treat the http://cygwin.com/licensing.html page as state of the art, especially the open source permission clause. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat