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: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 02:12:46 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: another cygwin using program... Message-ID: <20020710061246.GA21379@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.1i On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 06:02:55AM +0000, Gareth Pearce wrote: >>> > > http://freeware.teledanmark.no/identd/ >>> > > uses cygwin1.dll - and might not be providing source ... I >>> > > cant find it... >>> > >>> >You didn't look very hard. Source is included in the same >>> >archive as the executable. >>> >>> cygwin1.dll source to be specific >> >>Sorry. That wasn't clear. >> >>> I did indeed find the source to identd in the obvious place. >> >>Yep. And they point to Cygwin, but thier alternate site for Cygwin has the >>old B20 version. Will thier code build against the current version of the >>DLL? If not, they aren't in compliance with the GPL. >> > >previous mailing list discussions on this topic state that if they >distribute the cygwin1.dll, they have to distribute the source code for that > >particular version. You are correct, sir. >So either way its a violation. (ie linking isnt good enough, according to >previous discussions) - I am still in digital unix at uni so i have no idea >if it compiles with current cygwin, anyway. > >But, it was a headsup, not a 'i am deeply concerned about this' or I would >of emailed the person responsible for the web site in the first place. If i >was one of the cygwin developers, maybe i would feel differently, but as a >user headsup is enough from me. Yep. I wouldn't want to subject a user to the pain of sending this kind of email. Seriously. It's never fun. I'll probably send something off as soon as I can ensure that my spirit is pure and my will is strong. Thanks for the heads up. It is appreciated. Keem em coming. 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/