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From: Bas van Gompel <cygwin DOT buzz AT bavag DOT tmfweb DOT nl>
Subject: Re: recommendations for 3rd party distributors?
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Op Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:16:08 -0500 schreef Christopher Faylor
in <20050214151608 DOT GA1312 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx>:
:  On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 09:54:41AM -0500, Dick Repasky wrote:
: > Every so often a query surfaces about cygwin dll version compatibility.
[...]
: > The recommendations are:
: >
: >   1) Use a distinctly named shared memory area in the cygwin dll.
: >  2) Use a distinctly named registry key for storing cygwin file system
: >     mount points.
: >  3) Identify the origin of the cygwin dll in the cygwin dll.
[...]
:  If you are a 3rd party distributor, you should check for existing
:  installations of the dll.  If the existing version of cygwin DLL is the
:  same or newer than the one you want to use, then notify the user that
:  there is already a version on the system and that you will not be
:  installing a new version.
:
:  Otherwise, install your version in a standard location so that it will
:  survive being upgraded if a user decides to upgrade.
:
:  And, of course, unless this is a distribution which is internal to your
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
:  organization, remember to offer the user the source code to whatever
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^
:  application you're providing to them.

Where did you find this exception? I don't recall seeing it in the GPL.
(I'm a member of the organization of all beings, aren't you as well?)

[...]


L8r,

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