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From:	Shankar Unni <shankar AT cotagesoft DOT com>
Subject:	Re: redistributing cygwin1.dll
Date:	Wed, 14 May 2003 10:12:47 -0700
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Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:


>   A) Redistributing a GPL binary as-is, for free, with clear
>      indications of where the source can be obtained

> It would be simple to craft language which would let you INFORMALLY
> permit (A) without diminishing your ability to prosecute (B).  Of
> course, this would require that you have some desire to distinguish
> these cases, which obviously you do not.

I take it you haven't bandied words with RMS? :-)

--
Shankar.

PS The answer is "no" to that last statement, but it's not a personal 
cgf thing. That's the whole point to the GNU philosophy..



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