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Václav Haisman wrote:

> I am not a lawyer but my understanding of GPL is that they have have the
> sources accessible if asked for, at most. They imho do not have to
> distribute it _with_ the sources. And the sources are accessible
> throught Cygwin CVS => no problem.

Your understanding is not correct.  You can't offer the source through a
third party.

Brian


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