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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:36:12 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cygwin for Government Use
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On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 05:23:54AM +0100, Reini Urban wrote:
>Corinna Vinschen schrieb:
>>when reading http://cygwin.com/licensing.html, you will find that the
>>licensing of Cygwin is pretty clear.
>>
>>Cygwin is Open Source, provided under the GNU Public License.
>>
>>That means basically, that all software linked against the Cygwin library
>>is automatically Open Source as well.
>>
>>Two exception from this rule exist:
>>
>>- If your applications linked against the Cygwin library are only used
>>  for youyr own internal purposes, you don't have to make the sources
>>  public as well.
>
>Well, what about the poor internal guys using it?  To my understanding
>these internal guys must get access to the sources as well, even if
>it's a closed community.

Why not bolster your understanding with a refreshing read of the
documentation available at the GNU web site?

For instance: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#InternalDistribution

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