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Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:55:22 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Possible GPL Violation
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On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 03:35:33AM -0000, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
>>I am sending you this e-mail because I was given your URL in passing,
>>and found that you are distributing Cygwin amongst other Cygwin-linked
>>utilities <http://hot.ee/tar/?l=/tar/download/>, but there is no URL
>>for the corresponding source code.
>>
>>I see mentions of the GPL on your site, so I'm guessing you are aware
>>that you are *required* by the GPL to distribute source code for such
>>utilities?
>
>Apologies to everyone for the imminent flaming.

That's ok.  I'm giving you another gold star for doing this despite the
possibility of someone calling you names, suggesting that you're wasting
your time, and reminding you that you're not a lawyer and so have no
right to an opinion.  That takes some courage.

Thank you.

cgf


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