From: jim@jimpick.com (Jim Pick) Subject: Re: gnu-win32 licensing terms. 21 Jul 1997 15:08:41 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199707212045.NAA06139.cygnus.gnu-win32@fleming.jimpick.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-630191900P"; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/97 Original-To: spotter@itd.nrl.navy.mil Original-Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 22 May 1997 08:48:47 PDT." <33846ADE.EA941C35@capaccess.org> X-Url: http://www.jimpick.com/ X-Face: Hz"C77\53<,u1}C~=DFwS#Ddj161XLl6W!3g7xjxh*P'`FF^-IYQXX$a*WC~=^8rvy"~<3z UeQqGo&KZe[}lJg`\+SDMGRVIUJ~P,#(=w~yYv{g9i%"k|\J|jYVvv^Bzfwo=@AddrDMO It'd be licensed > under the Cygnus License or the GPL at the users choice. Some users > would be forced to use the GPL, but that would still enable the license > to be considered "non-discriminatory". Here's what Cygnus said about putting their code under the GPL in beta 17: | The Cygwin32 API library found in the winsup subdirectory of the | source code is now also covered by the GNU GPL. Since by default all | executables link against this library, programs compiled by the beta | 17 tools will also have to be free software distributed under the GPL | with source code available to all. Many people familiar with the issues did not agree with the last sentence there. Under some people's interpretations of the GPL (not RMS though), if the code is dynamically linked - then the executable programs don't have to be GPL'd. It could be argued that cygwin32 is providing a standard "POSIX" interface - so they can't prevent people from dynamically linking against it. Remember, Linux is GPL'd, but using proprietary applications with it is OK. (crt0.a gets statically linked - I wonder if using the old one from Beta 16 would get around the GPL issue?) Obviously, Cygnus does not agree. My guess is that because this is a fuzzy issue - the GPL is no longer suitable from Cygnus's perspective. Cheers, - Jim --==_Exmh_-630191900P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: 2.6.3a iQCVAwUBM9PKe+Qz770qyIfJAQFmqwP+PCdLPvCHCQBHKm3vG9KE7gYtg6QKcZaF CU+huAaSR3NRDf+/dUSqgLVT9EoFRTPN4pucKWeIM9cPnDibdFbz/SAtswEH7/9c TJVB99iBrfwPWPJOEeDmshlP7L6I7lalE3XVSIn5V7eDy+oWG4SQ6bWwypjJf0Io mRk8y2YekIk= =rXSa -----END PGP MESSAGE----- --==_Exmh_-630191900P-- - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".