From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com>
To: big one <bigone@qon.lao.net>, cygwin-licensing@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Mass Distribution Without Source, Bittorrent
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:09:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060131170807.GB22286@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060131053442.1534A1BB@dm21.mta.everyone.net>
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 05:34:41AM -0800, big one wrote:
>I read about the GPL: the shop should provide the source code with the
>binary.
>
>I plan to distribute Cygwin free of charge to several thousands local
>schools, universities, user groups, research/scientific institute,
>magazine etc.
>
>There are 5 ISO CD (600 Mb): 2 binary and 3 source code.
>
>Is it possible to distribute only 2 binary CD and the users can
>download the 3 source code CD from bittorrent/local FTP/mirrors?
>
>This will save the production and shipment cost.
>
>Is this possible/legal?
One non-licensing issue that hasn't been mentioned is that you should
be sure to point people back to you for support questions since your
distribution will not actually be the official cygwin distribution.
We won't want to see problem reports about any packaging issues that
might be on your CD or questions about versions of software that will
become out-of-date.
cgf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-31 17:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-31 14:11 big one
2006-01-31 14:34 ` Corinna Vinschen
2006-01-31 15:15 ` Reini Urban
2006-01-31 17:09 ` Christopher Faylor [this message]
2006-01-31 15:15 Robb, Sam
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