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From: | "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <Ssiddiqi AT InspirePharm DOT Com> |
To: | "cygwin" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: Does GPL apply without Cygwin stub? [long and off-topic] (was Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey) |
Date: | Mon, 8 Mar 1999 17:56:52 -0500 |
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>> >>I don't think that is correct. I believe the "commercial compiler" >>that Suhaib M. Siddiqi is referring to may be the one known as the >>"Cygnus GNUPro Development Tools" ;-) >> >>If I understand things correctly, it *is* possible to get a license for >>Cygwin that allows you to link proprietry code which incorporates the >>Cygwin crt0 file --- you just need to fork over the appropriate amount of >>cash to Cygnus to pay for that license. > >That's right. As the license holder for cygwin we reserve the right to >distribute the code under a different licensing agreement. > >We do allow our customers to distribute code linked with the DLL under >other terms than the GPL -- for a fee. > >I don't believe that Suhaib is referring to our own products however, and >I don't believe that he is referring to a commercial customer of Cygnus. > >cgf Yes, I am referring to a commercial customer (PGI) who officially distribute it as a bundled product: here is a paragraph from their brochures. I do not accept illegal software and do not allow others to make illegal copies of my licensed software. Suhaib * PGHPF Workstation - Command-level F77 compiler - Command-level F90 compiler - Command-level HPF compiler - Supported on Linux/Solaris86/NT - Full HPF support for multi-processor (SMP) systems - Threads-based SMP auto-parallelization in F77/F90 - Native directive-based OpenMP parallelization in F77/F90 - SGI C$DOACROSS directive supported in F77/F90 - Byte-swapping unformatted I/O (big-endian to little) - Executables utilize up to 4 processors - Cray/DEC/IBM compatibility (including Cray POINTERs) - PGPROF performance profiler (command-level only on NT) - PGDBG symbolic debugger (not yet available on NT) - UNIX-like command environment bundled on NT <---note this---------------- - Node-locked single-user license PGHPF Workstation 1 Year Subscription -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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