From: mka AT redes DOT int DOT com DOT mx (Michael Anderson) Subject: Re: cygwin.dll GPL distrib issues 27 Jun 1997 22:29:58 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <33B48DE0.325C1353.cygnus.gnu-win32@redes.int.com.mx> References: <33B419F1 DOT 3038CA12 AT bensonlaw DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; Linux 2.0.12 i586) Original-To: Bryon Roche Original-CC: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Bryon Roche wrote: > > What are the ramifications of changing the cygwin.dll licence from the > GPL to the LGPL? Wouldn't this solve the commercial gnu-win32 program > distribution problem?? > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". I thinks that would take care of it. Since the dll is a library, I don't understand why it was not LGPL to start with. It seems strange that Cygnus asks all contributors to assign their copyright to Cygnus and then restricts its "free" use with the GPL. I was unwilling to assign my contribution (because I need commercial use of my work) and instead placed it in the public domain. I noticed that another contributor did the same. I guess if this happens frquently enough, it will sufficiently cloud the copyright ownership and push cygwin towards "free" use, including commercial use. The LGPL seems very reasonable - people who want their code to be freely available achieve that and people with proprietary code also acheive that. Cygnus has announced a new licensing policy will be out in about a month. Until I see the new policy, I've stopped working on enhancing the cygwin code. I have to earn a living first, which is pretty difficult already without spending a lot of effort on another project that I can't use. -- Mike Anderson mka AT redes DOT int DOT com DOT mx Guanajuato, GTO, Mexico - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".