X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:36:21 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: mingw path/mount handling code (Was: Re: Practical method for automatic Cygwin install?) Message-ID: <20051212093621.GC17517@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4399A748.CA4107C7@dessent.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Dec 9 07:48, Brian Dessent wrote: > The way I see it, in a perfect world, this library would be BSD/MIT > licensed, or at the very least LGPL, so that "foreign" programs by 3PPs > could use it unencumbered, so that they can function better with Cygwin. > > However, winsup/utils/path.cc is under the Cygwin license. I don't > suppose there is any chance of getting Redhet to relicense parts of the > utils directory? It's in the loop, sort of. I'm working on getting the utils directory relicensed for about 18 months now. Progress is somewhat slow, though... Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat, Inc. -- 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/