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 Message-ID: <36EE7A7E.DA38DE04@ec.rockwell.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 09:36:30 -0600 From: Bartlee Anderson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: G DOT Heiser AT unsw DOT edu DOT au, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin license References: <990316104141 DOT 7843 AT cse DOT unsw DOT edu DOT au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Couldn't you just make instructions for the students to compile and link and therefore not distribute your code linked with cygwin. I think this falls under fair use... but I'm not a lawyer, I just think it seems right, not that that ever means anything if you do have to talk to a lawyer! Gernot Heiser wrote: > >>>>> "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 -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com