Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 18:50:40 -0400 Message-Id: <199908202250.SAA28240@envy.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: DMcCunney AT roper DOT com CC: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com In-reply-to: <65CAA822B707D211AD430008C7F40FED748457@EXCHANGERSW2> (DMcCunney AT roper DOT com) Subject: Re: cygwin vs. MKS Toolkit References: <65CAA822B707D211AD430008C7F40FED748457 AT EXCHANGERSW2> > Sure. You resell packaged GNU code, but you make source available, and > technically, I believe you aren't charging for the software itself - you're > charging for the packaging, polish, and support. All legit. Charging for the software itself is also legit. > My basic point was that I don't believe MKS is using GNU source, and they > have never, to my knowledge, offered any source for any of their products. > As I understand it, using GNU code would require them to do so. I didn't say they *were* using GNU, I just said that they *could* - if they obeyed the terms of the GPL, just like everyone else. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com