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Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 11:30:17 -0700
From: Eric Christopher <echristo AT cygnus DOT com>
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To: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker AT butlermfg DOT com>
CC: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>, cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: setup: built-in tar
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"Parker, Ron" wrote:
> 
> > * tar and gzip are GPL; we have to ship the sources for them with
> >   every setup.exe.
> 
> If I remember my GPL correctly all you have to do is make the sources
> available.  Posting them on the same server in a reasonably conspicuous
> location meets this requirement.
> 

Yes, however, they should be in the same directory.  Preferably just
shipping them along with the install is preferable.  Keeping some old
set of sources around is just a pain.

-eric