On Sat, 2002-04-13 at 01:46, Charles Wilson wrote: > License compliance for programs which use cygwin. > VCDImager (cygiwin-1.3.6)
[..] > Note that it's very easy for each of these projects to comply with > cygwin's license (the GPL): just > 1) make their own source available (true already, for most of them) ftp://ftp.vcdimager.org/pub/vcdimager/ > 2) put a tarball of the (appropriate) cygwin DLL source code on > their ftp site with their other downloads, ftp://ftp.vcdimager.org/pub/cygwin/ > 3) ditto for other cygwin-linked libraries (zlib, libxml, libjpeg) > if applicable will follow as soon as I get time to > 4) mention the availability of the source code for libraries > used to create their windows port somewhere on their > webpage (not strictly necessary, but what's the point of > 1 -- 3 if you don't advertise it?) http://www.vcdimager.org/software.phtml > 5) A plug for the cygwin project itself (http://www.cygwin.com) > would be nice, but definitely not necessary for license compliance. http://www.vcdimager.org/software.phtml > To dampen the inevitable arguments about the GPL: [..] > VCDImager > which contains cygwin1.dll-1.3.6, cygz.dll, and cygxml-2.dll > VCDImager provides the src for cygwin, but not > zlib or xml. (Actually, they provide LOTS of different > src tarballs -- probably more than they need to -- but > all for various versions of cygwin, not zlib/xml. > > So, to sum up: > > VCDImager project: seems mostly compliant; need a reminder to > include also OTHER source code (zlib, libxml) [..] will do so; btw, I do this just for the unstable series; as soon as the official stable series come out, they'll lack the .dll's btw2: libxml2 was provided in source, I just happen to have deleted it by accident ps: just wondering, which personal interest do you have, that others (we) comply to the terms? -- plz don't see this question as personal attack or something alike. regards, -- Herbert Valerio Riedel / Phone: (EUROPE) +43-1-58801-18840 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for GnuPG Public Key GnuPG Key Fingerprint: 7BB9 2D6C D485 CE64 4748 5F65 4981 E064 883F 4142
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