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: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 17:35:59 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: "The PATH problem" Message-ID: <20010112173559.B11539@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <4.3.1.2.20010112154240.0222f4e8@pop.ma.ultranet.com> <4.3.1.2.20010112142714.0226d760@pop.ma.ultranet.com> <200101121802.KAA13233@prosper.leonora.org> <3A5F15A2.F8D56ABC@yahoo.com> <200101121802.KAA13233@prosper.leonora.org> <4.3.1.2.20010112142714.0226d760@pop.ma.ultranet.com> <4.3.1.2.20010112154240.0222f4e8@pop.ma.ultranet.com> <200101122205.RAA15541@envy.delorie.com> <4.3.1.2.20010112170933.02222818@pop.ma.ultranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20010112170933.02222818@pop.ma.ultranet.com>; from lhall@rfk.com on Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 05:20:23PM -0500 On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 05:20:23PM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: >At 05:05 PM 1/12/2001, DJ Delorie wrote: > >> > I'll chip in the profits from all the programs I've sold based on Cygwin.... >> > Oops! I guess I shouldn't have said that. Now the GNU police will be >> > looking for me!;-) >> >>Jokes aside, there's no problem if you profit from selling >>cygwin-based programs (or even cygwin itself). GNU only cares that >>the programs are modifiable and redistributable, not zero cost. > > >Yes. I want to thank DJ for pointing this out, since I was taking some >liberties with the notion of the GNU GPL license. DJ has proven time and >again that he has a deep understanding of the GNU license and has been able >to put to rest more than one long debate on this list about its function >(merits, benefits, validity, etc are still subjects that show up here now >and again as debate topics though!;-)) I, for one, am glad to have >someone so well equipped in this area on this list. For anyone not sure, >I do understand that the GNU GPL doesn't prohibit the sale of GNU GPL'd >software. Also, I don't intend for this thread to open up some discussion >on the GPL. Finally, I'd like to add that while I think it would be great >if we took up a collection so we could send Chris on a vacation (the original >comment that elicited my response), I haven't actually sold any software, >GNU GPL or otherwise, so I won't be able to contribute the profits to this >endeavor. Sorry Chris!;-) That's ok. Recent versions of the Cygwin license have a "If you use this software you must send 5% of all of your profits to Chris Faylor", so I should be covered. I think that this change complies with the spirit of the GPL or at least I really want it to do so, which is much the same thing. I haven't seen any checks yet, but I've been monitoring my mailbox constantly and I'm sure they'll arrive soon. cgf :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) ;-) -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple