X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:48:43 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: argp? Message-ID: <20110920174843.GB21580@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20110920163443 DOT GA19467 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20110920170652 DOT GA21580 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 01:20:10PM -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote: >> LGPLed code is fine. It just can't be built into the Cygwin DLL. So, >> if you're looking into packaging anything, I'd use the latest you can >> find. >> >> Or, if you can find an implementation with a "better" license, I'll >> happily pull it into Cygwin itself. > >http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.11.tar.gz > >See gnu/argp* . Looks like a complete implementation, all GPL. I guess I'm not being clear because I thought this was understood. We can't pull GPLed stuff into the Cygwin DLL because Red Hat won't allow it. We can pull in BSD licensed stuff and, in some cases, public domain stuff. If above is GPLed then it is obviously not something that can be pulled into the DLL. If this is being pulled into a separate package for Cygwin (which would be fine) it would probably be best if it was LGPLed since that license would be less of a burden for the users of the library. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple