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From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
Subject: Re: GPL Violation
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:07:02 -0500
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Christopher Faylor wrote:

>>   -rw-a--     2.2 ntf    10366 b- stor 20-Jun-01 18:14 cygintl.dl_

>>>So please, don't tell me I'm violating GPL Licenses ... :((
>>
>>Sorry, but IMO you are.
> 
> 
> In case you need verification from someone with a redhat.com email address,
> you certainly do seem to be violating the GPL.  In fact, if fetchmail is
> released under the GPL, you're violating it on two counts.  You need to
> provide source for the Cygwin DLL and for fetchmail.

three counts.  cygintl is from the gettext package, released under the 
GPL by the Free Software Foundation.  You *really* don't want to get on 
the recieving end of one of RMS's crusades...

--Chuck



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