From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20150 invoked by alias); 18 Jan 2006 11:51:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 21175 invoked by uid 22791); 18 Jan 2006 10:41:06 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Reply-To: From: "fergus" To: Cc: Subject: Licensing conditions: a question Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:51:00 -0000 Message-ID: <000001c61c1b$a6e3f5d0$500210ac@tcgp.dundee.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcYcG5RTGy05jb+bRHG8DLbjw/55xA== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-UoD-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) X-UoD-Spam-Report: -------------------------------------------------- This message has been scanned by a SpamAssassin installation on the spam checking server hughtoo at the University of Dundee. Content analysis details: (-4.9 hits, 5.0 required) -4.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] X-UoD-Scan-Signature: 6c31368849c70521950608bce817fafb Mailing-List: contact cygwin-licensing-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-licensing-owner@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2006-q1/txt/msg00000.txt.bz2 Please can you offer some guidance about the requirements of the supplier of a piece of software that uses Cygwin to run? Circumstance 1 ============== I am so good and kind that my software is free. Ask me for it and I'll give it to you (or you can download it from my site) with instructions on how to use it. By the way, it needs cygwin1.dll to run (and might or might not need or at least benefit from other parts of the Cygwin provision, eg rxvt). Requirement 1 ============= * make available the sources for the software and one of * invite interested parties to visit Cygwin to (minimal) get cygwin1.dll or (more sophisticated) download and install some/ all of the entire provision or * supply Cygwin setup and all sources on CD or DVD Circumstance 2 ============== Almost identical to (1) except my software is not free: you can get it from me in exchange for cash. As before, it needs cygwin1.dll to run (and might or might not need or at least benefit from other parts of the Cygwin provision, eg rxvt). Requirement 2 ============= This is not at all clear to me. Is Requirement 2 unchanged from Requirement 1 or does the supplier have to engage in a legal contract with Cygwin authorities, and does this contract entail the transfer of funds from said supplier to said Cygwin authorities? Thank you. Fergus