From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fergus Henderson To: DJ Delorie , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Cygwin participation threshold Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:02:00 -0000 Message-ID: <19990223062047.18300@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU> References: <13561.990222@is.lg.ua> <199902221654.LAA07362@envy.delorie.com> <19990222183222023.AAA254@carl_zmola> X-SW-Source: 1999-02n/msg00706.html Message-ID: <19990228230200.fvqoav2Rm7nShddjFXbjgKaBYnoG7o43gSHz1tqbkhA@z> > DJGPP has a much higher threshold (it's much more complicated), but > there are far more people contributing to djgpp than to cygwin. If > anyone can figure out *why*, let us know! ;-) I think it's social - > djgpp contributors just know that they'll get a friendly reception to > their contributions, good or bad, so they aren't as hesitant to send > stuff in. I think the licensing may well have something to do with it. DJGPP is licensed under a quite liberal license. Cygwin, on the other hand, is only licensed under the GPL or for a fee. For libraries, the GPL is quite restrictive. -- Fergus Henderson | "Binaries may die WWW: < http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~fjh > | but source code lives forever" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- leaked Microsoft memo. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com