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 Message-ID: <123820-2200341721428622@M2W093.mail2web.com> X-Priority: 3 Reply-To: lhall@rfk.com X-Originating-IP: 209.113.174.244 From: "lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com" To: maxb@ukf.net, cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Copy to a CD and distribute to students Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:42:08 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Apr 2003 21:43:05.0077 (UTC) FILETIME=[ABC33A50:01C2FD4E] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id h37LgNp23004 Original Message: ----------------- >From: Max Bowsher maxb@ukf.net >Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 22:24:12 +0100 >To: cygwin@cygwin.com >Subject: Re: Copy to a CD and distribute to students > > >Andrew Markebo wrote: >> / Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: >>> On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, nuno Cerqueira wrote: >>>> I would like to ask if there is any problem making the download of >>>> Cygwin packages to a CD and then distribute to students. >>> No, as long as you include the sources as required by GPL. >> >> The source isn't needed to be provided until asked for, so it doesn't >> need to be included on the cd's, as long as he can hand it out if the >> students asks. >> >> And here.. it is not enough to be able to point the students to the >> cygwin web, you need to have it on your own CD/HD/paper.. whatever. > >However, since a complete Cygwin package set with source is less than 650MB, >it is probably easier to just put everything on the CD. Yes, quite. Especially considering that *not* including the source but merely a *written* offer requires the distributor to keep copies of the exact source for an extended period of time (years). A good reading of the GPL should allow anyone interested in the legal details to figure out which of the multiple options for compliance fits best in a particular situation. IANALE (I am not a lawyer either) ;-) Larry -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- 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/