Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Sensitivity: Subject: Re: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/ To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: From: Brian DOT Kelly AT Empireblue DOT com Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:41:30 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-WSS-ID: 133BF71A2464097-01-03 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OUTPUT FROM COMMAND: bash -v __________________________________________________________ bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create! You are now running bash.exe from the Cygwin package This message is being presented by adding a virtual .bashrc file and having Thinstall automatically set the HOME directory before running this EXE. No changes have been made to bash or any other program in this package. Every program you execute from this command line will be loaded by Thinstall. To see which utilies have been packaged into one EXE execute the command : ls -las *.exe Each file listed will show the original uncompressed size All files will appear to be in the directory where you Originally ran this program from which was: /cygdrive/d/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop If you have questions about what Thinstall can do for you contact Jonathan Clark at jclark AT thinstall DOT com bash-2.05b$ bash -v bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create! cd "$HOME"; echo "You are now running bash.exe from the Cygwin package" You are now running bash.exe from the Cygwin package echo "This message is being presented by adding a virtual .bashrc file" This message is being presented by adding a virtual .bashrc file echo "and having Thinstall automatically set the HOME directory" and having Thinstall automatically set the HOME directory echo "before running this EXE. No changes have been made to bash" before running this EXE. No changes have been made to bash echo "or any other program in this package." or any other program in this package. echo echo "Every program you execute from this command line will be" Every program you execute from this command line will be echo "loaded by Thinstall. To see which utilies have been packaged" loaded by Thinstall. To see which utilies have been packaged echo "into one EXE execute the command :" into one EXE execute the command : echo echo "ls -las *.exe" ls -las *.exe echo echo "Each file listed will show the original uncompressed size" Each file listed will show the original uncompressed size echo "All files will appear to be in the directory where you" All files will appear to be in the directory where you echo "Originally ran this program from which was:" Originally ran this program from which was: echo $HOME /cygdrive/d/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop echo echo "If you have questions about what Thinstall can do for you" If you have questions about what Thinstall can do for you echo "contact Jonathan Clark at jclark AT thinstall DOT com" contact Jonathan Clark at jclark AT thinstall DOT com echo bash-2.05b$ _________________________________________________________ AND NOW OUTPUT FROM bash --version _________________________________________________________ bash-2.05b$ bash --version bash --version bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create! GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(2)-release (i686-pc-cygwin) Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. bash-2.05b$ _________________________________________________________ SEEMS LIKE AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE TO ME! Brian Kelly "Christopher Faylor" @cygwin.com on 07/28/2003 09:19:44 AM Please respond to cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Sent by: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com cc: (bcc: Brian Kelly/WTC1/Empire) Subject: Re: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/ On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 07:52:36AM -0400, Brian DOT Kelly AT Empireblue DOT com wrote: >Not only that, but this appears to go even further. By essentially >"compiling" all these GNU utilities into one executable, there's a >violation of the GPL to the extent that the code used to do that does >not appear to be "Open Source". Double Whammy here. > >And by the way - I AM a lawyer. (Member of the Michigan Bar >Association in Good Standing). I noticed that but i was wondering if these were actually cygwin tools. Has anyone verified that? cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ "WellChoice, Inc." made the following annotations on 07/28/2003 09:43:52 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attention! This electronic message contains information that may be legally confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the individual or entity named above and access by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. 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