From: jra@cygnus.com (Jeremy Allison) Subject: Re: Cygnus Cygwin32 Press Release 1/21/97 15 Feb 1997 01:01:13 -0800 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199702142217.OAA18266.cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com> Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Original-cc: jra@cygnus.com In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 14 Feb 1997 14:05:26 PST." Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Jeremy Blackman wrote : > Now, say I want to release this software as shareware. Granted, in the > past I've always released code; let's say for some reason I didn't on > this project. Not being a large commercial company, I wouldn't have a > lot of cash to spend on the Cygwin32 license... if there's just a simple > flat fee for everyone... like several thousand... there's no way a small > shareware AUTHOR (not porter) will be able to afford the same license > that a company like, say, Microsoft would. So if I understand you correctly the real issue isn't the non-GPL license, it's how much the non-GPL license would cost ? If so I must agree with you. The situation is that right now I don't know how much the license is going to be. I'm sure marketing/sales are mulling it over, but I have no idea what the final decision will be. I agree though, that it is important not to lock out the small developers by charging too much for them. I fork out mucho $$$ for my personal MSDN every year, and it's just on the threshold of what I consider reasonable for what I get..... If anyone asks me for anything other than technical questions here at Cygnus I'll certainly raise these concerns. Cheers, Jeremy Allison jra@cygnus.com - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".