Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 16:57:01 -0500 Message-Id: <200011122157.QAA14343@envy.delorie.com> X-Authentication-Warning: envy.delorie.com: dj set sender to dj@envy.delorie.com using -f From: DJ Delorie To: moshier@mediaone.net CC: cygwin@sources.redhat.com, bowman@math.ualberta.ca In-reply-to: (message from Stephen L Moshier on Sun, 12 Nov 2000 09:28:14 -0500 (EST)) Subject: Re: long double support in cygwin References: > Well, the code I could supply that is not glibc was formally placed > in the public domain so that the FSF could adopt it and install it > into gcc. The gcc changes are owned by FSF but I would guess what > was in the public domain is still in the public domain. Does that > sound like something that would satisfy the legal requirement? Not always. You never know if the FSF changed it, and if they did, their changes would be copyright themselves. To do it right, you'd have to find the original sources that are being distributed in the public domain and copy those. > I wonder if Bowman, the author of inline-math, knew that the LGPL > would *prevent* people from using his code! It should be up to him > to decide whether you have permission. The LGPL prevents people from using code in ways contrary to the author's wishes. Releasing something to the public domain means the author loses *all* control over what happens to the code. By releasing his code to the PD, Bowman has implicitly allowed the FSF to redistribute it under a more restrictive license. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com