Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com From: Gernot Heiser To: DJ Delorie Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 21:41:35 +1100 Message-Id: <990316104141.7843@cse.unsw.edu.au> cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin license In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 15 Mar 1999 09:03:56 CDT." <199903151403 DOT JAA05958 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Reply-to: G DOT Heiser AT unsw DOT edu DOT au >>>>> "DD" == DJ Delorie writes: >> However, we can, of course, not relax Stanford's restrictions on >> commercial use without their agreement (which seems unlikely). Hence we >> fear that we might be technically in breach of your license if we link >> SimOS against your library, even though we feel that we would be >> adhering to the spirit of it. DD> You could get a commercial license for cygwin, which would allow you DD> to choose a more restrictive license for SimOS, but then not allow the DD> resulting program to be used commercially. Yes, but $8k for a license just to produce code we give away freely to students, and while following the spirit (if not the letter) of the license seems a bit overdone. DD> Have you considered djgpp, which has exceptions in its runtime license DD> to allow for proprietary programs under some circumstances? Looked at it, but most likely it won't support a smooth port. Gernot -- Gernot Heiser ,--_|\ School of Computer Sci. & Engin. Phone: +61 2 9385 5156 / \ The University of NSW Fax: +61 2 9385 5995 \_,--._* Sydney, Australia 2052 E-mail: G DOT Heiser AT unsw DOT edu DOT au v http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~gernot PGP fingerprint: 94 1E B8 28 25 FD 7C 94 20 10 92 E5 0B FF 39 8F -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com