Corinna Vinschen wrote:
Hi Cygwin friends and users,
I'm happy to announce that, effective immediately, Red Hat has
relicensed Cygwin from "GNU Public License version 2" (GPLv2) to
"GNU Public License version 3 or later" (GPLv3+).
What does that mean in terms of Cygwin components? Each component
normally has its own license, so does the above statement mean that
things like the Cygwin DLL and other Cygwin-only components are under GPLv3?
Is there an explicit list or a precise description of what parts of
Cygwin are covered by GPLv3?
Regards,
luke
The Open Source Licensing Exception persists, as well as the
availability of the Cygwin Alternative License, as described on
http://cygwin.com/licensing.html
This shouldn't affect a lot of you, but if you're concerned that this
change in the Cygwin license might affect you and your projects, see
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ in the first place. You can also ask
questions on the cygwin or cygwin-licensing mailing list, but be aware
that we can't give valid legal advice. It's always better to ask
a lawyer who's specialized in licensing questions.
Have fun,
Corinna
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