X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s= default; b=mJbc2oTFlZ2Bor8ROzfRHFpFaF9F+ldZp2Uyw7Lwe78kvSw53z4ZC Nkmp4rJJeQJt+A4Wcb5xPnW2TYpunn1yWn+ZvBm2KXRJsngwU0Fff50g4esz02sJ 168mVET9G8GTgkK7sRNzbmG4mJakhGJBSW5Z0MalphZFGpLfd/XEWQ= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=FJeTlDlNU34DWi7UoxqzgXvgIRw=; b=yOrAcP7T6m91ycogrRujReUJXMD/ rzG1Qlg31zzT0pjdYHsP17pWmTlSGRPltL9Zl1ULnYl1mJbHlinTFtrUGhKeHC5l ildxmMwM/bEYoqE9aM8evyutZ79XXVpUsdhCsW05preRV3Nhj9+CwvcPQzanMN1v cyz3KVg1WqI1q00= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18nbIWoyILCN6DzmNLiDAo2 Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 12:55:53 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: We need steenking patches (Re: Cygwin kill utility...) Message-ID: <20140412165553.GA4655@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20140409055117 DOT GA1878 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <53457A4C DOT 1050104 AT etr-usa DOT com> <20140409170517 DOT GA6319 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <53472600 DOT 7050008 AT lysator DOT liu DOT se> <20140411021742 DOT GA6242 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <53479351 DOT 4050703 AT lysator DOT liu DOT se> <20140411121042 DOT GB23281 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <20140411170931 DOT GA7818 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20140412144624 DOT GE3271 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140412144624.GE3271@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 04:46:24PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Apr 11 13:09, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 02:10:42PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> >On Apr 11 09:01, Peter Rosin wrote: >> >>The newlib license is liberal enough for RedHat to relicense it under >> >>their own terms? >> > >> >That's it, more or less. >> >> I have never seen how you can have it both ways, legally speaking. I >> was told not to worry about it when I was at Red Hat but no one ever >> gave me a convincing explanation. Since there are no assignments in >> newlib land, it just relies on BSD-like licensing. I don't see why >> Cygwin can't do the same. > >BTAT in 2011. IANAL, but the reason is the buyout clause which, >apparently, requires a certain amount of red tape while, incidentally, >funds a non-trivial amount of the time I can spend on Cygwin. > >I'm just curious why you never asked the question while you were still >working at Red Hat. Anyway, I asked again. Times change so procedures >might change as well. "I was told not to worry about it" [rest of long rant snipped] 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