Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/12/18/14:38:38
> If you are distributing cygwin1.dll and any of the executables that are
> directly associated with it (mount.exe, umount.exe, cygcheck.exe, ps.exe,
> kill.exe, cygpath.exe) then you must adhere to the GPL. That means that
> you have to make sources available to your customers.
>
> The fact that you haven't modified the code is irrelevant. The GPL is
> about making sure that people who have the binary versions of software
> also have access to the source code. We provide both the source code
> and the binaries to you. You need to pass that along to your customers,
> *unless* you pursue other arrangements with Red Hat.
>
> Btw, I was trying to move this discussion off of the public list because
> it probably isn't of much interest to people there.
Well, perhaps, but I think those two paragraphs are the clearest and
most concise "layman's terms" explanation of Cygwin licensing I've read
to date. All it needs is a "No, a link to the Cygwin site won't cut it"
paragraph and I'd say it would make a good FAQ.
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