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 Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 09:44:17 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cygwin for Government Use Message-ID: <20040401144417.GA4809@coc.bosbc.com> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <1FFD627BFDAEE0468AA006E0AD632470138E1D AT uncl-mail DOT caa DOT army DOT mil> <20040331142404 DOT GP17229 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> <406B995A DOT 5080503 AT x-ray DOT at> <20040401043612 DOT GA6961 AT coc DOT bosbc DOT com> <406C0651 DOT 9010707 AT x-ray DOT at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <406C0651.9010707@x-ray.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 01:08:49PM +0100, Reini Urban wrote: >Christopher Faylor schrieb: >>On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 05:23:54AM +0100, Reini Urban wrote: >>>Corinna Vinschen schrieb: >>>>when reading http://cygwin.com/licensing.html, you will find that the >>>>licensing of Cygwin is pretty clear. >>>> >>>>Cygwin is Open Source, provided under the GNU Public License. >>>> >>>>That means basically, that all software linked against the Cygwin >>>>library is automatically Open Source as well. >>>> >>>>Two exception from this rule exist: >>>> >>>>- If your applications linked against the Cygwin library are only used >>>>for youyr own internal purposes, you don't have to make the sources >>>>public as well. >>> >>>Well, what about the poor internal guys using it? To my understanding >>>these internal guys must get access to the sources as well, even if >>>it's a closed community. >> >>Why not bolster your understanding with a refreshing read of the >>documentation available at the GNU web site? >> >>For instance: >>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#InternalDistribution > >I know that and the GPL, and it doesn't contradict my words. This FAQ >just does not make it clear enough, so companies or organzations might >get that wrong. Esp. such large organizations. Why don't you explain what that entry is talking about, then, or, better, in the spirit of free software, send some better words to the FSF? 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/