Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-ID: <19990223062047.18300@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 06:20:47 +1100 From: Fergus Henderson To: DJ Delorie , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Cygwin participation threshold References: <13561.990222@is.lg.ua> <199902221654.LAA07362@envy.delorie.com> <19990222183222023.AAA254@carl_zmola> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <19990222183222023.AAA254@carl_zmola>; from Carl Zmola on Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 11:30:59AM +0000 > DJGPP has a much higher threshold (it's much more complicated), but > there are far more people contributing to djgpp than to cygwin. If > anyone can figure out *why*, let us know! ;-) I think it's social - > djgpp contributors just know that they'll get a friendly reception to > their contributions, good or bad, so they aren't as hesitant to send > stuff in. I think the licensing may well have something to do with it. DJGPP is licensed under a quite liberal license. Cygwin, on the other hand, is only licensed under the GPL or for a fee. For libraries, the GPL is quite restrictive. -- Fergus Henderson | "Binaries may die WWW: | but source code lives forever" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- leaked Microsoft memo. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com