From: jqb AT netcom DOT com (Jim Balter) Subject: Re: Cygnus Cygwin32 Press Release 1/21/97 16 Feb 1997 03:44:07 -0800 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <3306C5B9.4C50.cygnus.gnu-win32@netcom.com> References: <199702160104 DOT RAA01426 AT rtl DOT cygnus DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) Original-To: Jeremy Allison Original-CC: shebs AT cygnus DOT com, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Jeremy Allison wrote: > [...] I also happen to work on > the Cygwin32 DLL which I don't consider proprietary as it *is* > released under the GPL. > [...] When you develop your own UNIX emulation > library be sure to allow comercial developers to make money on > it for free - I'll look forward to seing your source code. Actually, you had best not look at it. It's likely that I will issue it as a derivative work of cygwin under the GPL, and possibly also derivative of the glue in ntemacs, which is also under the GPL. Cygnus will not receive any right to sell my mods under a restricted license. Your looking at it will poison you as a maintainer of cygwin. Anything showing up in cygwin that can be traced to anything *not authored by Cygnus* but under the GPL will subject you to a lawsuit (probably a test case in this area). This, of course, is the point that I have been making all along: free contributions are not compatible with a restricted distribution license. However, if Cygnus decides to put cygwin under the LGPL, I would then assign my rights, and FSF (owner of the ntemacs code) would probably also give their permission to use that code, or accept ownership of cygwin. > Good luck and happy coding. It's not a matter of luck, but I do enjoy coding. -- - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".