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: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 09:51:35 +0100 Message-ID: <943-Sat22Sep2001095135+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk> X-Mailer: 21.5 (beta2) "artichoke" XEmacs Lucid (via feedmail 9-beta-7 I); VM 6.92 under 21.5 (beta2) "artichoke" XEmacs Lucid From: David Starks-Browning MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How to distribute programs compiled on cygwin? FAQ alert In-Reply-To: <20010921211244.B7077@redhat.com> References: <20010903210225.B3824@redhat.com> <8281-Fri21Sep2001192608+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk> <20010921142913.E3184@redhat.com> <059001c142fd$93dda4a0$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> <20010921211244.B7077@redhat.com> On Friday 21 Sep 01, Christopher Faylor writes: > On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 10:29:00AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Christopher Faylor" > >> > If this is an issue because you intend to distribute your > >> > Cygwin application, then you had better read and understand > >> > , which explains the > >> > licensing options. Unless you purchase a special commercial > >> > license from Red Hat, then your Cygwin application must > >> > conform to the GPL. > >> > >> It's perfect, David. > > > >I've a little bone to pick: It's not consistent with the licensing.html > >page which permits any opensource license, not just the GPL. This will > >likely create confusion. > > Nice catch, Robert. I missed this. Sorry! Here's what is in the FAQ now: ... Unless you purchase a special commercial license from Red Hat, then your software must comply with the Open Source Definition or the GPL. Better? Cheers, David -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/