At 11:00 AM 12/11/2003, Corinna Vinschen you wrote: >On Dec 11 09:59, Larry Hall wrote: >> Also, as <http://cygwin.com/licensing.html> >> points out, it doesn't matter what license the software distributed with >> Cygwin is. If it uses cygwin1.dll, which *is* GPL'd, it's GPL'd. > >*Sic*, no. Read again under *** Note ***. > >Basically, if the application is open source, it keeps it's licensing. >This is important since, for instance, the OpenSSH team wouldn't want >OpenSSH being under GPL license and would therefore vehemently (and >rightfully) protest against any linking with libcygwin.a.
Yes, yes. That's why I pointed at <http://cygwin.com/licensing.html>. It's all explained there. The special exclusion for other open source software and everything. People with licensing questions should go there and read it. That's the best source for information about the licensing of Cygwin. Discussion of the licensing on list is generally of little value IMO since everything is all spelled out plainly in <http://cygwin.com/licensing.html>. Can we let this thread die now? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
