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Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 13:22:31 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: tar and gzip
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On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 07:14:40PM +0100, Krzysiek Pawlik wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
> Maybe you could explain your thinking here.  You understand about
>the GPL, right?  How do you intend to comply with it?
>
>I understand it, but it doesn't make things more clear.

Hmm.

>What's my point?  The update script is free, but the main program is
>not.

All that you have to do is comply with the GPL.  Simply put, that means
that you have to distribute the sources for cygwin1.dll, tar.exe, and
gzip.exe with your program.

cgf

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