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: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:19:44 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/ Message-ID: <20030728131944.GB32000@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/1.4.1i On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 07:52:36AM -0400, Brian.Kelly@Empireblue.com wrote: >Not only that, but this appears to go even further. By essentially >"compiling" all these GNU utilities into one executable, there's a >violation of the GPL to the extent that the code used to do that does >not appear to be "Open Source". Double Whammy here. > >And by the way - I AM a lawyer. (Member of the Michigan Bar >Association in Good Standing). I noticed that but i was wondering if these were actually cygwin tools. Has anyone verified that? cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/