Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-ID: <390CB60E.77861554@gingerspice.demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 23:39:10 +0100 From: Ian Miller X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com, rms@gnu.org Subject: Re: Lack of Cygwin contributors? Was: How is textmode/binmode determined ... References: <1DB8BA4BAC88D3118B2300508B5A552C0C8CDC@mail.fitlinxx.com>; <20000428011221.A1537@cygnus.com> <200004301309350.SM00160@KENDALLB> <20000430171801.A2612@cygnus.com> <390CAEA9.6AE94353@gingerspice.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ian Miller wrote: > > Surely if a non-Cygnus contributor makes a contribution to Cygwin then this > contributor still implicitly retains his copyright in that contribution > (obviously this is somewhat dependent on the significance of the > contribution). In that case, the only way that Cygnus may use that code > contribution is if it is licensed to them -- presumably under the terms > of the GPL? In which case, how is it legal for Cygnus to then license > that contribution to a third party under some license *other* than the GPL? > Ok, I'm an idiot and didn't read the bit about the assignment form. Sorry! http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/contrib.html cheers, ian -- +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | ian miller | My other MUA is a GNU. | | ian@gingerspice.demon.co.uk | http://www.gingerspice.demon.co.uk | +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com