From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" To: , , Cc: Subject: Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 15:52:00 -0000 Message-id: <000601be68f5$82003340$dd3b4ec6@hunda> X-SW-Source: 1999-03/msg00191.html > > What happens if those sources go away? You immediately violate the > GPL if/when that happens. >> > >I understand the reasons for these requirements, but IMHO they are >unnecessarily burdensome for the case of packages which come from mirrors of >ftp.gnu.org, where we have reasonable assurance they may always be found >easily. In addition, if someone wants the source, they may also wish to be >checking for a more up to date version, so they will need to go to the gnu >mirror anyway. > Licensing is a different issue. If I want source, then I do not worry about precompiled version. I would rather compile it myself. >-- >Want to unsubscribe from this list? >Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com > > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" To: , , Cc: Subject: Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:45:00 -0000 Message-ID: <000601be68f5$82003340$dd3b4ec6@hunda> X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00191.html Message-ID: <19990331194500.m82dNQ7v53-qlpabCrKX1XSoFu_0or5kFOLFKmgdOjw@z> > > What happens if those sources go away? You immediately violate the > GPL if/when that happens. >> > >I understand the reasons for these requirements, but IMHO they are >unnecessarily burdensome for the case of packages which come from mirrors of >ftp.gnu.org, where we have reasonable assurance they may always be found >easily. In addition, if someone wants the source, they may also wish to be >checking for a more up to date version, so they will need to go to the gnu >mirror anyway. > Licensing is a different issue. If I want source, then I do not worry about precompiled version. I would rather compile it myself. >-- >Want to unsubscribe from this list? >Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com > > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com