From: jman AT lx DOT net (jman) Subject: Re: Legal aspects of using the GNU-Win32 tools? 26 Nov 1997 22:23:24 -0800 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19971126125642.007ebb90.cygnus.gnu-win32@208.221.108.11> References: <347B0A03 DOT 4695A0C3 AT opennt DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Jason Zions , Reinhard Dunkel Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I will have my lawyer who specialist in Internet/Copyright laws etc.. to look over the license an see what she can tell about it maybe put some of it in lamans terms... I'll post her info to the list when she gives it to me, is there any questions that need to be answered? At 12:25 PM 11/25/97 -0500, Jason Zions wrote: >You're missing a nice long talk with the University legal department; >they exist for exactly this reason. Please, for your sake, talk to >someone with a license to practice law. > >Personal opinions about what the cygwin license means are *worthless*; >even the personal opinions of the non-lawyers at Cygnus. The precise >meaning of legal terminology is frequently counter-intuitive; >common-sense reasoning about license terms can be dangerous. > >The only way you'll know for sure whether or not you're okay is by >spending some, um, "quality time" with a lawyer. > >Jason Zions >Softway Systems, makers of OpenNT, POSIX for Windows NT >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBNHxw6A6ne3t4b32aEQKjjwCghJbi9TxeADtaDH0aqgqaGG1iPEwAoJCb z64laPWc3Se871zKc5M0DQ6H =uv5i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- Jason L. Esman aka _Jman Owner Den Internet Services System Admin. Network Consulting http://www.deninc.com | UIN: 2820043 Email jman AT lx DOT net or root AT lx DOT net Finger jman AT lx DOT net for PGP Public Keys... ------------------------------------------------------- - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".