On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 01:18:17AM +0700, David Garamond wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>>>Actually, hopefully, you are bunding postgresql + cygwin + whatever other >>>>binaries + *the sources to same* since this is a GPLed project, meaning >>>>that you have to provide sources for the binaries that you distribute >>>>as per the GPL. >>> >>>No source code is modified/recompiled. I'm just providing a convenience >>>packaging. COPYING + the BSD license (for Postgres) is included, plus >>>I'm informing in the README that Cygwin is GPL'ed, and to get the source >>>one should go to http://www.cygwin.com/. I believe that is sufficient? >>>(since no source code is modified anyway). >> >>Unfortunately, no, it's not sufficient. The GPL doesn't have a "no >>source code is modified" clause. For the cygwin DLL, and any of the >>utilities that come with it, you have to adhere to the GPL which >>means that the source code has to be provided. > >I see. I'll provide the source code on my own website then, link to the >URL and not http://www.cygwin.com/, but does not include it in the .zip >distribution, to keep the .zip smaller. That should cover the "from the >same place" requirement.
Yep. As long as it's from the same place, that's ok. You could even suggest that the best place to get the current source code is http://cygwin.com/ . -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
