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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:37:52 +1000
From: Luke Kendall <luke.kendall@cisra.canon.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Cygwin now licensed under GPLv3+
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Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Hi Cygwin friends and users,
>
>
> I'm happy to announce that, effective immediately, Red Hat has
> relicensed Cygwin from "GNU Public License version 2" (GPLv2) to
> "GNU Public License version 3 or later" (GPLv3+).
>
>   

What does that mean in terms of Cygwin components?  Each component 
normally has its own license, so does the above statement mean that 
things like the Cygwin DLL and other Cygwin-only components are under GPLv3?

Is there an explicit list or a precise description of what parts of 
Cygwin are covered by GPLv3?

Regards,

luke

> The Open Source Licensing Exception persists, as well as the
> availability of the Cygwin Alternative License, as described on
> http://cygwin.com/licensing.html
>
> This shouldn't affect a lot of you, but if you're concerned that this
> change in the Cygwin license might affect you and your projects, see
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ in the first place.  You can also ask
> questions on the cygwin or cygwin-licensing mailing list, but be aware
> that we can't give valid legal advice.  It's always better to ask
> a lawyer who's specialized in licensing questions.
>
>
> Have fun,
> Corinna
>
>
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