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: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:53:23 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: License issue Message-ID: <20040616165323.GB6779@casa.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <200406151352 DOT i5FDq4Xn016176 AT mx3 DOT redhat DOT com> <20040615140643 DOT GS1365 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> <40D022B6 DOT 5020306 AT luukku DOT com> <20040616111152 DOT GD1365 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> <20040616121155 DOT GC30166 AT ata DOT cs DOT hacettepe DOT edu DOT tr> <20040616124519 DOT GC25094 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> <20040616125927 DOT GD30166 AT ata DOT cs DOT hacettepe DOT edu DOT tr> <20040616152538 DOT GA3334 AT casa DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20040616154942 DOT GG30166 AT ata DOT cs DOT hacettepe DOT edu DOT tr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040616154942.GG30166@ata.cs.hacettepe.edu.tr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 06:49:44PM +0300, Baurjan Ismagulov wrote: >On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 11:25:38AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> The reason this doesn't count is not because we have an arbitrary restriction >> on the license. It is because it is extremely unlikely that you are going >> to send a postal mail offer to every person who acquires the Cygwin DLL. > >I see. But I suppose, for an example described in >http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-06/msg00678.html , providing a piece of >paper with such an offer in the product box should count as fulfilment >of clause 3b? So, basically, your question is: "If I distribute the Cygwin DLL under the precise terms of the GPL will there be a problem?" The answer is: The Cygwin DLL is distributed under the terms of the GPL. Corinna's reply to this thread was the standard one of expressing doubt that anyone would adhere to the exact terms of 3b. If you do so, you must keep the exact sources for the binary that you distributed somewhere to be made available to anyone who asks. However, if you think this is an option and want to vault the sources and distribute your software with a written offer then it should be ok since you are complying with the intent of 3b. 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/