Mailing-List: contact cygwin-developers-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-developers-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com From: Chris Faylor Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 17:34:03 -0400 To: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: Changes to cygwin licensing terms Message-ID: <19990510173403.C28339@cygnus.com> References: <37373866 DOT DA5DAD10 AT cityweb DOT de> <199905102122 DOT QAA02111 AT modi DOT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199905102122.QAA02111@modi.xraylith.wisc.edu>; from Mumit Khan on Mon, May 10, 1999 at 04:22:34PM -0500 On Mon, May 10, 1999 at 04:22:34PM -0500, Mumit Khan wrote: >Corinna Vinschen writes: >> Chris Faylor wrote: >> > [... licensing changes ...] >> > Does anyone have any comments on this, positive or negative? >> >> Only positive: This _is_ a good thing! > >Seconded. Phew. I've made a few more changes to the licensing file. DJ has pointed out that all of the additional points raised are already covered by the GPL but I think that it can't hurt to have a one or two sentence summary. Btw, apologies for tnis essentially off-topic post. I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't doing anything too stupid before I unleashed this on the general mailing list. -chris -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** NOTE *** In accordance with section 10 of the GPL, Cygnus permits programs whose sources are distributed under a license that complies with the Open Source(tm) definition to be linked with libcygwin.a without libcygwin.a itself causing the resulting program to be covered by the GNU GPL. In general, this means that if the source code for your application is freely available, you are not required to include the sources for the cygwin DLL as well. You may distribute an application not in compliance with the Open Source(tm) definition *only* with specific written permission from Cygnus. See http://www.opensource.org/osd.html for the precise Open Source Definition referenced above. For further licensing details or to arrange for different licensing terms, please contact Cygnus Solutions via one of the methods below: Cygnus Solutions 1325 Chesapeake Terrace Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA +1 408 542 9600 hotline: +1 408 542 9601 email: `info AT cygnus DOT com' fax: +1 408 542 9699