Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:46:40 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: hmmm possible gpl problem? Message-ID: <20020423184640.GA10218@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <3CC51A1F.7040908@goingware.com> <3CC54679.FE036A82@cern.ch> <3CC59B0F.9F3CED79@f4z.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3CC59B0F.9F3CED79@f4z.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.1i On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 07:34:07PM +0200, Adrian Prantl wrote: >I really don't think that it would be appropriate to start a fox hunt >for everyone that could be violating the gpl in this or the other minor >way. As long as the reason is not a commercial exploit, I believe that >too much cautions would result in a harm to the free software >community. I believe that a too strict prosecution of the rules would >not encourage people to release there works to the public. I can't say that I agree. If a license isn't enforced, it becomes worthless. If we can't rely on people who should be our allies to follow the rules, and illustrate how it should be done, then I don't see how we can enforce the rules in good faith with anyone else. I'm not saying that we should start a "fox hunt" but we should certainly politely inform people of the rules whereever we see them broken. cgf -- 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/