On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 08:36:30AM +0000, John Morrison wrote: >On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 08:48:02PM -0000, John Morrison wrote: >> > >> ><http://www.microcross.com/Products/Upgrade/upgrade.html> >> > >> ><quote> >> >New Windows Installers >> > * Safely install Cygwin with its environment automatically >> > configured for Windows OS machines. >> > * The Uninstaller features cleanup of registry settings and >> > environment variables. >> > * All toolsuites are consistent (Stout?s Law) in how you install them. >> ></quote> >> > >> >With all the comments wrt GPL and licensing... >> >> Am I correct in assuming that you'd have to buy the product to find out? >> They are under no obligation to give anything away, but if they provide >> binaries, they surely must also provide sources. > >Yeah, you have to buy it. They do a 30 day demo, surely that can't >come with source!? Wonder how GPL deals with that.
I think the GPL is pretty clear. If you give someone a binary, you have to give them the source. There is no "out" for a 30 day demo. >(Please note I'm not trying to make trouble, just curious!) I know. Licensing issues are always trouble, though. :-( cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
