Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/07/10/02:03:18
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gareth Pearce [mailto:tilps AT hotmail DOT com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 12:12 AM
> > To: dmccunney AT nyc DOT rr DOT com
> > Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: RE: another cygwin using program...
> >
> > > >
> > > > http://freeware.teledanmark.no/identd/
> > > > uses cygwin1.dll - and might not be providing source ... I
> > > > cant find it...
> > >
> > >You didn't look very hard. Source is included in the same
> > >archive as the executable.
> >
> > cygwin1.dll source to be specific
>
>Sorry. That wasn't clear.
>
> > I did indeed find the source to identd in the obvious place.
>
>Yep. And they point to Cygwin, but thier alternate site for Cygwin has the
>old B20 version. Will thier code build against the current version of the
>DLL? If not, they aren't in compliance with the GPL.
>
previous mailing list discussions on this topic state that if they
distribute the cygwin1.dll, they have to distribute the source code for that
particular version.
So either way its a violation. (ie linking isnt good enough, according to
previous discussions) - I am still in digital unix at uni so i have no idea
if it compiles with current cygwin, anyway.
But, it was a headsup, not a 'i am deeply concerned about this' or I would
of emailed the person responsible for the web site in the first place. If i
was one of the cygwin developers, maybe i would feel differently, but as a
user headsup is enough from me.
Gareth
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