X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4399B0D2.8365C677@dessent.net> Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:29:06 -0800 From: Brian Dessent MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: mingw path/mount handling code (Was: Re: Practical method for automatic Cygwin install?) References: <20051123035342.9E89913C1A1@cgf.cx> <20051123192106.GA757@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <4384DF7D.142487C5@dessent.net> <20051123213551.GA2952@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <4399A748.CA4107C7@dessent.net> <20051209160320.GA10690@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com 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 Christopher Faylor wrote: > I think there is very small chance of that. IIRC, some of that code is > straight out of the cygwin DLL itself. > > I think that anyone who had studied the cygwin path handling code would > have a tough time proving that there was no "taintedness" if they tried > to produce a library under a different license. Crud. Well I suppose from a code reuse standpoint it would still make sense to factor out that stuff so that setup and cygcheck (and anything else GPL) can share it. But without a relicensed version it still means that 3PPs that want to gracefully distribute Cygwin stuff have to write all the mount table stuff themselves (or run /bin/mount, which I guess is the mantra anyway.) Brian -- 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/