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Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:52:02 +0100
From:	Dave Korn <dave DOT korn DOT cygwin AT googlemail DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Tree command - Display Structure of Directory Hierarchy
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Charles Wilson wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>> ︶ㄣ無名氏 wrote:
>>> here is a tree command
>> You just distributed the binary of a program that is linked against the
>> Cygwin DLL, and hence is covered by the GPL.  Please send me the source.
> 
> Not to mention that there no one should EVER run an executable, posted
> to a public mailing list, by someone they don't know (and can't verify
> it actually came FROM that person, even if they DID know them personally).
> 
> I wouldn't run this binary unless I got the source, inspected it line by
> line, AND re-compiled it myself...

  That is precisely why I asked for the source, and precisely the advantage of
open source over proprietary closed sources :-)

    cheers,
      DaveK

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