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: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:14:11 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: possible DLL license violations Message-ID: <20050423021411.GB10491@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <42691DCE DOT 5040809 AT acm DOT org> <42693AE5 DOT 4040305 AT acm DOT org> <42699DB0 DOT 60404 AT acm DOT org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42699DB0.60404@acm.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Note-from-DJ: This may be spam On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 05:58:24PM -0700, David Rothenberger wrote: >On 4/22/2005 10:56 AM, David Rothenberger wrote: >>On 4/22/2005 8:52 AM, David Rothenberger wrote: >> >>>I ran across a tool called "Trader's Little Helper" at [url removed >>>because it trips the cygwin spam filter] that includes the >>>cygwin1.dll, but doesn't provide source code. Even worse, it puts >>>cygwin1.dll in C:\WINDOWS! >> >> >>I succeeded in contacting the author of this tool this morning and I >>informed him of the problems and directed him to the cygwin site for >>more information. I didn't attempt to contact any of the authors of the >>other packages. >> > >The author of Trader's Little Helper responded to me. He basically said >the following: > >1. He doesn't think shorten or shntool are violating the GPL because >they have been around for years. >2. He doesn't think he's violating the GPL because he's not linking to >the cygwin DLL nor modifying it. > >IANAL, but I think that his second point is correct. I still think >shorten and shntool are violating the GPL because they *are* linking to >the DLL; it doesn't really matter that it hasn't been caught for years - >there is no statue of limitations in the GPL. "I have been embezzling from the company for years and no one ever said anything so, too bad." 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/