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: <8135911A809AD211AF6300A02480D175034936@iis000.microdata.fr> From: Bernard Dautrevaux To: "'DJ Delorie'" , cgf AT cygnus DOT com Cc: creative1 AT bigfoot DOT com, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: RE: licensing NOT clear for me Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:13:46 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id EAA08291 > -----Original Message----- > From: DJ Delorie [mailto:dj AT delorie DOT com] > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 7:22 PM > To: cgf AT cygnus DOT com > Cc: creative1 AT bigfoot DOT com; cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > Subject: Re: licensing NOT clear for me > > > > > From the above, it seems to me that b) would be feasible for source > > distributions on the web, unless "written offer" means > something more > > esoteric than actually including those words in a README. > > According to RMS, "written" means paper, with a date and signature (or > other identifying mark). A computer file isn't legally binding > because it can easily be modified. Personally, I would think a > PGP-signed text file would be sufficient if it included the date > inside the message, assuming you can verify the signature in the > future (you can always generate a new PGP key and toss the old one). > > Still, you'd have to generate a new signed file every day (to get the > full 3-year term) and the user can always download a new one to > illegally extend their term. > Or just put a date till which you are ready to provide the source that is 4 years after the date of the PGP-signed message then re-generate it each year; not such a hard thing to do.... -------------------------------------------- Bernard Dautrevaux Microprocess Ingéniérie 97 bis, rue de Colombes 92400 COURBEVOIE FRANCE Tel: +33 (0) 1 47 68 80 80 Fax: +33 (0) 1 47 88 97 85 e-mail: dautrevaux AT microprocess DOT com b DOT dautrevaux AT usa DOT net -------------------------------------------- -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com