From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6090 invoked by alias); 6 Dec 2005 15:45:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 4613 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Dec 2005 15:43:33 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:45:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-licensing@cygwin.com, Giovanni Organtini Subject: Re: distributing CygWin on a CD with a textbook: how to acknowloedge Message-ID: <20051206154329.GA25005@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-licensing@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-licensing@cygwin.com, Giovanni Organtini References: <9b58f8350512060122p3646e393r4788585eea06b02f@mail.gmail.com> <20051206101426.GB7487@calimero.vinschen.de> <9b58f8350512060709x4c46a96eyde553a6822684b6f@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9b58f8350512060709x4c46a96eyde553a6822684b6f@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 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: 2005-q4/txt/msg00005.txt.bz2 On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 04:09:12PM +0100, Giovanni Organtini wrote: >Thanks a lot. For sure we will fix the "spelling" of Cygwin. > >For what concern the distribution it's ok, so we will not distribute >it on the CD, however let me explain why and how we would like to do >so. Maybe it can make it clear to other people. > >We know about the fact that GPL requires distributing the source code, >however it is not forbidden to distribute them in a different way >(i.e. doanloadable from a web page). So this was our original >intention. Actually, if you are distributing the binaries via CD, it is "forbidden" to only distribute the source code on a web site. You really do have to distribute the sources with the binaries. It would probably be instructive to read the GPL FAQ at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html if you haven't already, specfically: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DistributeWithSourceOnInternet