Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: Chris Faylor Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 17:15:35 -0500 To: Steve Morris Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Cygwin license Message-ID: <19990316171535.A2311@cygnus.com> References: <19990316130132.20506.rocketmail@send105.yahoomail.com> <19990316104140.A1113@cygnus.com> <199903161757.MAA12041@brocade.nexen.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199903161757.MAA12041@brocade.nexen.com>; from Steve Morris on Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 12:57:28PM -0500 On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 12:57:28PM -0500, Steve Morris wrote: > >Chris Faylor writes: > > >I agree with this. If an Open Source tool used as an aid in porting > > >code from one platform to another doesn't allow me to honor the > > >license of the code I'm porting; of what use is it to be Open Source? > > >Since the first time I saw this discussed I've been uneasy about the > > >license conflicts. If you (Cygnus) refuse to change the license to > > >LGPL (which I and many others think should be done) at least supply > > >exceptions in such cases as these. > > > > I don't know if you've been following RMS's thoughts on the subject but > > he essentially thinks that the FSF made a mistake with the LGPL. > >I have seldom found RMS's thoughts to be compelling. You always have >to take his adgenda into account and his adgenda is quite complex. I >do suspect that without LGPL gcc would be a minor player. Every >deveoper I have ever met that volunteered to work on gcc cut their gcc >teeth using gcc in a place of employment that used gcc to create >licensed binary distributed code. These people wouldn't be part of the >free software movement without LGPL. I think RMS wants to have it both >ways, the broad distribution that comes with people using gcc >commercially plus the forcing of software into the free software >domain. He doesn't like to admit the part that binary distributors >play in supporting free software. FYI, gcc is not LGPLed. Gcc is GPLed. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com