Cary Lewis wrote:
> Why is it that linking to the cygwin.dll makes a program covered by GPL?
>
> On Linux systems, does linking to the open source 'C' libraries, etc. cause
> a program to be covered by the GPL?
>
> If that were true, then wouldn't every program be GPL? Then you couldn't
> have a
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 12:35:00PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote:
>> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> * On the subject of "RE: cygwin license with windows apps?"
>> * Sent on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:18:41 -0400
>> * Honorable Cary Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 12:18:41PM -0400, Cary Lewis wrote:
>Some more questions:
>
>Why is it that linking to the cygwin.dll makes a program covered by GPL?
Because that's how the GPL works. From the GNU GPL FAQ:
"Linking FOO statically or dynamically with other modules is making a
combined wor
> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> * On the subject of "RE: cygwin license with windows apps?"
> * Sent on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:18:41 -0400
> * Honorable Cary Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Why is it that linking to the cygwin.dll makes a prog
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Cary Lewis wrote:
>
> > Some more questions:
> >
> > Why is it that linking to the cygwin.dll makes a program covered by GPL?
>
> Because the GPL is what's known as a "viral" license, infecting anything that
> makes use if it.
^^
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Cary Lewis wrote:
> Some more questions:
>
> Why is it that linking to the cygwin.dll makes a program covered by GPL?
Because the GPL is what's known as a "viral" license, infecting anything that
makes use if it.
> On Linux systems, does linking to the open source 'C' librar
Some more questions:
Why is it that linking to the cygwin.dll makes a program covered by GPL?
On Linux systems, does linking to the open source 'C' libraries, etc. cause
a program to be covered by the GPL?
If that were true, then wouldn't every program be GPL? Then you couldn't
have any Programs
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 10:33:09AM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote:
>> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> * On the subject of "cygwin license with windows apps?"
>> * Sent on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:19:59 -0500
>> * Honorable [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>
>> If you use gcc in the cygwin environment to build
> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> * On the subject of "cygwin license with windows apps?"
> * Sent on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:19:59 -0500
> * Honorable [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> If you use gcc in the cygwin environment to build a windows
> app and link against the windows dll's (using -mnocygwin
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 08:33:19PM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
>At 20:21 2003-04-02, you wrote:
>>Randall R Schulz wrote:
>>
Good answer. You've earned the star.
>>>
>>>Wow. Praise from Caesar. I'm in heaven.
>>
>>And, as in the days of Rome, during the conquering hero's triumphal
>>parade
At 20:21 2003-04-02, you wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
Good answer. You've earned the star.
Wow. Praise from Caesar. I'm in heaven.
And, as in the days of Rome, during the conquering hero's triumphal
parade a slave would ride in the chariot with him. As the cheering
throng tossed flowers in t
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Randall R Schulz wrote:
>
> >> Good answer. You've earned the star.
> >
> > Wow. Praise from Caesar. I'm in heaven.
>
> And, as in the days of Rome, during the conquering hero's triumphal
> parade a slave would ride in the chariot with him. As the chee
Randall R Schulz wrote:
Good answer. You've earned the star.
Wow. Praise from Caesar. I'm in heaven.
And, as in the days of Rome, during the conquering hero's triumphal
parade a slave would ride in the chariot with him. As the cheering
throng tossed flowers in the hero's path, the slave woul
Igor,
At 13:34 2003-04-02, you wrote:
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> At 10:40 2003-04-02, you wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 07:30:31AM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > >[ To CGF: In partial fulfillment of my assigned penance for suggesting
> > >I would cease to use Cygwin in
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> At 10:40 2003-04-02, you wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 07:30:31AM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > >[ To CGF: In partial fulfillment of my assigned penance for suggesting
> > >I would cease to use Cygwin in favor of Linux because of my fear of MS
At 10:40 2003-04-02, you wrote:
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 07:30:31AM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
>[ To CGF: In partial fulfillment of my assigned penance for suggesting
>I would cease to use Cygwin in favor of Linux because of my fear of MS
>spy-ware. ]
Good answer. You've earned the star.
Wow. P
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 07:30:31AM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
>[ To CGF: In partial fulfillment of my assigned penance for suggesting
>I would cease to use Cygwin in favor of Linux because of my fear of MS
>spy-ware. ]
Good answer. You've earned the star.
cgf
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[ To CGF: In partial fulfillment of my assigned penance for suggesting
I would cease to use Cygwin in favor of Linux because of my fear of MS
spy-ware. ]
At 04:44 2003-04-02, you wrote:
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On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 20:55:09 -0500, Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've forwarded this request to our sales organization.
>
> On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 04:37:21AM +0400, Dmitri Dmitrienko wrote:
> >Hello people developing Cygwin.
> >
I've forwarded this request to our sales organization.
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 04:37:21AM +0400, Dmitri Dmitrienko wrote:
>Hello people developing Cygwin.
>
>I'm deeply impressed with all things you made with GNU tools when ported
>them into Win32 platform.
>We're interested in including some cert
> >Well, perhaps, but I think those two paragraphs are the clearest and
> >most concise "layman's terms" explanation of Cygwin licensing I've read
> >to date. All it needs is a "No, a link to the Cygwin site won't cut it"
> >paragraph and I'd say it would make a good FAQ.
>
> My response was tailo
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:26:27AM -0800, Shankar Unni wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>Btw, I was trying to move this discussion off of the public list because
>>it probably isn't of much interest to people there.
>
>Well, ..
>
>The Red Hat Cygwin Product pages are marvelously content-free wh
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 01:39:57PM -0600, Gary Van Sickle wrote:
>>If you are distributing cygwin1.dll and any of the executables that are
>>directly associated with it (mount.exe, umount.exe, cygcheck.exe, ps.exe,
>>kill.exe, cygpath.exe) then you must adhere to the GPL. That means that
>>you hav
If you are distributing cygwin1.dll and any of the executables that are
directly associated with it (mount.exe, umount.exe, cygcheck.exe, ps.exe,
kill.exe, cygpath.exe) then you must adhere to the GPL. That means that
you have to make sources available to your customers.
The fact that you haven't
Christopher Faylor wrote:
Btw, I was trying to move this discussion off of the public list because
it probably isn't of much interest to people there.
Well, ..
The Red Hat Cygwin Product pages are marvelously content-free when it
comes to cost and content (i.e. which version) information.
O
y, December 17, 2002 3:26 AM
>To: Sajad Bashir Qadri
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; partha dhar; Dakshinamoorthy Venkataraman
>Subject: Re: cygwin License related Query
>
>On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 03:41:00PM +0530, Sajad Bashir Qadri wrote:
>>We have a software that runs on Windows platform .The so
ember 17, 2002 3:26 AM
To: Sajad Bashir Qadri
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; partha dhar; Dakshinamoorthy Venkataraman
Subject: Re: cygwin License related Query
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 03:41:00PM +0530, Sajad Bashir Qadri wrote:
>We have a software that runs on Windows platform .The software is a
>
I think http://cygwin.com/licensing.html should answer your basic
questions.
Larry
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From: Sajad Bashir Qadri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 19:35:05 +0530
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Cygwin License ( Query )
Hi,
We have a software that runs
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 01:54:16PM -0400, E. Westbrook wrote:
>Greetings list,
>
>A brief question about free use of cygwin in a commercial environment.
>
>If I should direct this question elsewhere, I'll be grateful to learn
>where. I've searched the web and the FAQs but have not found a
>specif
http://cygwin.com
Info wrote:
> is cygwin GPL? is it free or not? How do i get it?
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