Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/03/25/18:07:03
ooops - what a thread :)
thanks - it was very interesting to see such different point of views.
As a resumee, I basically mostly agree with Pat:
>At issue here are people who distribute something for free along with
>Cygwin. They include full credit and links to the Cygwin source code,
>which is mirrored on dozens of sites. This may not comply with the
>letter of the GPL, but it surely complies with the spirit, so why not
>leave them alone?
>These people are contributing something to the world, only to have a
>bunch of ninnies harrass them, claiming their actions are analogous to
>running traffic lights on the way to work. This is absurd, and it
>contributes nothing to the general good.
This is closest, for what I think - I wanted to contribute something to the world.
I thought, it was ok what I did and I didn`t study the GPL in that detail. It would`t
have been a problem for me to redistribute the source, if I had that in mind when I
stripped and packaged the software.
On the other hand:
If everybody in the world would "interpret" the GPL for his own "interest" and nobody else
would complain - it would be worth nothing - indeed! The GPL has to be respected.
For that reason i have disabled the binary download until I find some time to fix the
"missing sourcecode"-Problem.
Please don`t see this as a "following your demand" - see this more as my personal "obeisance"
to the GPL ;)
regards
Roland
ps:
but for all that .... cygwin rulez :)
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