From: Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: How to distribute programs compiled on cygwin? FAQ alert
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:12:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010921211244.B7077@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <059001c142fd$93dda4a0$0200a8c0@lifelesswks>
On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 10:29:00AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
>> > If this is an issue because you intend to distribute your
>> > Cygwin application, then you had better read and understand
>> > < http://cygwin.com/licensing.html >, which explains the
>> > licensing options. Unless you purchase a special commercial
>> > license from Red Hat, then your Cygwin application must
>> > conform to the GPL.
>> >
>> >I call your attention to the last paragraph. I'm pretty sure it's
>> >correct, but I don't speak for Red Hat, so someone should check that
>I
>> >haven't lied.
>>
>> It's perfect, David.
>
>I've a little bone to pick: It's not consistent with the licensing.html
>page which permits any opensource license, not just the GPL. This will
>likely create confusion.
Nice catch, Robert. I missed this.
cgf
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-21 18:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-03 16:08 How to distribute programs compiled on cygwin? Srinivas Kommu
2001-09-03 18:02 ` How to distribute programs compiled on cygwin? FAQ alert Christopher Faylor
2001-09-08 10:21 ` David Starks-Browning
2001-09-21 11:26 ` David Starks-Browning
2001-09-21 11:28 ` Christopher Faylor
2001-09-21 17:28 ` Robert Collins
2001-09-21 18:12 ` Christopher Faylor [this message]
2001-09-22 1:51 ` David Starks-Browning
2001-09-22 6:13 ` Adrian Phillips
2001-09-22 6:27 ` Ronald Landheer
2001-09-22 12:26 ` David Starks-Browning
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