From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gernot Heiser To: DJ Delorie Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Cygwin license Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 02:42:00 -0000 Message-id: <990316104141.7843@cse.unsw.edu.au> In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 15 Mar 1999 09:03:56 CDT." < 199903151403.JAA05958@envy.delorie.com > References: <199903151403.JAA05958@envy.delorie.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-03/msg00502.html >>>>> "DD" == DJ Delorie writes: >> However, we can, of course, not relax Stanford's restrictions on >> commercial use without their agreement (which seems unlikely). Hence we >> fear that we might be technically in breach of your license if we link >> SimOS against your library, even though we feel that we would be >> adhering to the spirit of it. DD> You could get a commercial license for cygwin, which would allow you DD> to choose a more restrictive license for SimOS, but then not allow the DD> resulting program to be used commercially. Yes, but $8k for a license just to produce code we give away freely to students, and while following the spirit (if not the letter) of the license seems a bit overdone. DD> Have you considered djgpp, which has exceptions in its runtime license DD> to allow for proprietary programs under some circumstances? Looked at it, but most likely it won't support a smooth port. Gernot -- Gernot Heiser ,--_|\ School of Computer Sci. & Engin. Phone: +61 2 9385 5156 / \ The University of NSW Fax: +61 2 9385 5995 \_,--._* Sydney, Australia 2052 E-mail: G.Heiser@unsw.edu.au v http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~gernot PGP fingerprint: 94 1E B8 28 25 FD 7C 94 20 10 92 E5 0B FF 39 8F -- 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: Gernot Heiser To: DJ Delorie Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Cygwin license Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:45:00 -0000 Message-ID: <990316104141.7843@cse.unsw.edu.au> References: <199903151403.JAA05958@envy.delorie.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00502.html Message-ID: <19990331194500.XWYAdwP6PcneTd_UaLTVFmsbngR16KJBNFFOBW-pO9k@z> >>>>> "DD" == DJ Delorie writes: >> However, we can, of course, not relax Stanford's restrictions on >> commercial use without their agreement (which seems unlikely). Hence we >> fear that we might be technically in breach of your license if we link >> SimOS against your library, even though we feel that we would be >> adhering to the spirit of it. DD> You could get a commercial license for cygwin, which would allow you DD> to choose a more restrictive license for SimOS, but then not allow the DD> resulting program to be used commercially. Yes, but $8k for a license just to produce code we give away freely to students, and while following the spirit (if not the letter) of the license seems a bit overdone. DD> Have you considered djgpp, which has exceptions in its runtime license DD> to allow for proprietary programs under some circumstances? Looked at it, but most likely it won't support a smooth port. Gernot -- Gernot Heiser ,--_|\ School of Computer Sci. & Engin. Phone: +61 2 9385 5156 / \ The University of NSW Fax: +61 2 9385 5995 \_,--._* Sydney, Australia 2052 E-mail: G.Heiser@unsw.edu.au v http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~gernot PGP fingerprint: 94 1E B8 28 25 FD 7C 94 20 10 92 E5 0B FF 39 8F -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com