X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Grant Edwards Subject: Re: Pointers on Making a Cygwin CD (including source)? Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 03:34:02 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <49653425.3070509@cygwin.com> <20090108021511.GA18744@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Linux) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Note-from-DJ: This may be spam On 2009-01-08, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 12:23:16AM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: >>On 2009-01-07, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>> And, as you noted, you need to distribute the source of your >>> application >> >>I don't see what my application has to do with anything. Just >>because I compile an application with gcc, that doesn't place >>the application under the GPL. > > If the application is linked with Cygwin it is GPLed. It isn't linked with Cygwin. >>I'm aware that we'll need to distribute sources for Cygwin and >>the other GPL'ed tools we're distributing. > > If you distribute a cygwin-based binary The only cygwin-based binaries I'm distributing are the Cygwin binary packages and tools such as gcc and binutils for which source will be provided. > then you need to make the source code of the binary available > as per the terms of the GPL since the Cygwin DLL is licensed > under the GPL. Right, but "my application" isn't linked with Cygwin. -- Grant -- 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/