ooops - what a thread :) thanks - it was very interesting to see such different point of views.
As a resumee, I basically mostly agree with Pat: >At issue here are people who distribute something for free along with >Cygwin. They include full credit and links to the Cygwin source code, >which is mirrored on dozens of sites. This may not comply with the >letter of the GPL, but it surely complies with the spirit, so why not >leave them alone? >These people are contributing something to the world, only to have a >bunch of ninnies harrass them, claiming their actions are analogous to >running traffic lights on the way to work. This is absurd, and it >contributes nothing to the general good. This is closest, for what I think - I wanted to contribute something to the world. I thought, it was ok what I did and I didn`t study the GPL in that detail. It would`t have been a problem for me to redistribute the source, if I had that in mind when I stripped and packaged the software. On the other hand: If everybody in the world would "interpret" the GPL for his own "interest" and nobody else would complain - it would be worth nothing - indeed! The GPL has to be respected. For that reason i have disabled the binary download until I find some time to fix the "missing sourcecode"-Problem. Please don`t see this as a "following your demand" - see this more as my personal "obeisance" to the GPL ;) regards Roland ps: but for all that .... cygwin rulez :) -- 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/
