From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Starks-Browning To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How to distribute programs compiled on cygwin? FAQ alert Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 01:51:00 -0000 Message-id: <943-Sat22Sep2001095135+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk> References: <20010903210225.B3824@redhat.com> <8281-Fri21Sep2001192608+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk> <20010921142913.E3184@redhat.com> <059001c142fd$93dda4a0$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> <20010921211244.B7077@redhat.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-09/msg01370.html On Friday 21 Sep 01, Christopher Faylor writes: > On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 10:29:00AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Christopher Faylor" > >> > 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. > >> > >> 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. Sorry! Here's what is in the FAQ now: ... Unless you purchase a special commercial license from Red Hat, then your software must comply with the Open Source Definition or the GPL. Better? Cheers, David -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/