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: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 12:15:39 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Request for a version/ revision/ release number for the whole cygwin release/ distribution Message-ID: <20041003161538.GB14561@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <416023B6 DOT 1050805 AT x-ray DOT at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <416023B6.1050805@x-ray.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 06:07:18PM +0200, Reini Urban wrote: >Well, the only good reason to start such a project would be monetary >benefits. Besides the simplification of having a (stable) cygwin >snapshot release from time to time, where all packages play well >together. > >And I don't see any problems to charge money for such distributions, as >long as the GPL and sourceware's additional restrictions (?) are >honored. Like every linux distributor makes money from selling CD's >and charging for support. As long as on a server (publicly) the >snapshot ("release") is also provided. Hey, an actual useful idea for advancing this concept! The Cygwin/X project has a contributions link here: http://x.cygwin.com/donations.html No one has complained about this so far, so I wouldn't mind adding another link for specific cygwin projects at the main site. If anyone is willing to do specific work that benefits cygwin for $$$, I'll set up a web page for PayPal (or whatever) links. I don't think this has to be limited activities related to a monolithic release, though. If someone wants to be paid to develop a full unattended mode for setup.exe that would be cool too. 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/