From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Faylor To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Cygwin CD licensing? Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:09:00 -0000 Message-id: <20000411170919.J2717@cygnus.com> References: <000b01bfa3f7$ae700610$9893a8c0@macaw1.corp.ka.com> <200004112103.RAA23959@envy.delorie.com> X-SW-Source: 2000-04/msg00146.html On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 05:03:50PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: >> But the more important question, usually answered by a license, is >> what can our customer do with a single copy of the CD? Can you >> install it on exactly one machine? Do you need one copy per user? >> Can you install it on multiple machines from a single CD? > >I believe the CD is site-licensed, so each customer can install it on >as many of *their* machines as they want. The installer is not free, >but the software it installs is, so once it's installed there isn't >any proprietary software on the PC anyway, so what's stopping them >from installing it elsewhere also? I've forwarded this to the people at Cygnus/Red Hat who answer this kind of question on a daily basis. In case anyone's interested, you can send email to 'cygwin-info@cygnus.com' if you have licensing related questions. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com