Re: About cygwin license

2003-12-11 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 08:44:51AM +, Armo Super wrote: >Hello > >What do you think about next situation? > >I have made an software, that I'm going to sell. >My software uses PostgreSql database system, witch is >distributed under BSD license. >If I want to get PostgreSql run in Windows >envir

Re: About Cygwin license

2003-12-11 Thread Larry Hall
At 11:00 AM 12/11/2003, Corinna Vinschen you wrote: >On Dec 11 09:59, Larry Hall wrote: >> Also, as >> points out, it doesn't matter what license the software distributed with >> Cygwin is. If it uses cygwin1.dll, which *is* GPL'd, it's GPL'd. > >*Sic*, no. Re

RE: About Cygwin license

2003-12-11 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
d reading and acronym translation > which you seem to require. I think I'll retire to the safety of Bochs > for now. . . > Kevin. > > | -Original Message- > | From: cygwin-ownercygwin.com > | [mailto:cygwin-ownercygwin.com]On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski > | Sent: 11 Decembe

Re: About Cygwin license

2003-12-11 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 11 09:59, Larry Hall wrote: > Also, as > points out, it doesn't matter what license the software distributed with > Cygwin is. If it uses cygwin1.dll, which *is* GPL'd, it's GPL'd. *Sic*, no. Read again under *** Note ***. Basically, if the applicatio

RE: About Cygwin license

2003-12-11 Thread kevin.lawton
to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf | Of Igor Pechtchanski | Sent: 11 December 2003 15:08 | To: Hughes, Bill | Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: RE: About Cygwin license | | On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Hughes, Bill wrote: | | > Sent: 11 December 2003 14:28 From: Igor Pechtchanski | > > Common sense

RE: About Cygwin license

2003-12-11 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Larry's right. Die, thread, die! Igor On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Hughes, Bill wrote: > > > Sent: 11 December 2003 14:28 From: Igor Pechtchanski > > > Common sense dictates that socket connections cannot be thought of as > > > "linking" (which is

RE: About Cygwin license

2003-12-11 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Hughes, Bill wrote: > Sent: 11 December 2003 14:28 From: Igor Pechtchanski > > Common sense dictates that socket connections cannot be thought of as > > "linking" (which is what the GPL covers). After all, connecting with a > > proprietary ssh client to a GPL'd ssh daemon on

RE: About Cygwin license

2003-12-11 Thread Larry Hall
At 09:46 AM 12/11/2003, Hughes, Bill you wrote: >Sent: 11 December 2003 14:28 From: Igor Pechtchanski >> Common sense dictates that socket connections cannot be thought of as >> "linking" (which is what the GPL covers). After all, connecting with a >> proprietary ssh client to a GPL'd ssh daemon o

RE: About Cygwin license

2003-12-11 Thread Hughes, Bill
Sent: 11 December 2003 14:28 From: Igor Pechtchanski > Common sense dictates that socket connections cannot be thought of as > "linking" (which is what the GPL covers). After all, connecting with a > proprietary ssh client to a GPL'd ssh daemon on Linux doesn't make the > client GPL'd (AFAIK). No

Re: About Cygwin license

2003-12-11 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Armo Super wrote: > Hello > > What do you think about next situation? > > I have made an software, that I'm going to sell. > My software uses PostgreSql database system, witch is > distributed under BSD license. > If I want to get PostgreSql run in Windows > environment, I nee

Re: About Cygwin license

2003-12-11 Thread Larry Hall
At 03:44 AM 12/11/2003, Armo Super you wrote: >Hello > >What do you think about next situation? > >I have made an software, that I'm going to sell. >My software uses PostgreSql database system, witch is >distributed under BSD license. >If I want to get PostgreSql run in Windows >environment, I need

About Cygwin license

2003-12-11 Thread Armo Super
Hello What do you think about next situation? I have made an software, that I'm going to sell. My software uses PostgreSql database system, witch is distributed under BSD license. If I want to get PostgreSql run in Windows environment, I need Cygwin. My software -(direct use)-> JDBC -(socket)->

Re: Question about cygwin License

2003-06-20 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 05:36:03PM -0400, Bill C. Riemers wrote: >Depending on the country you are distributing in, so long as you don't >actually distribute the cygwin.dll with your application, this may be >classified as "Fair Use". You'll have to consultant an attorney as "Fair >use" varies bot

Re: Question about Cygwin License

2003-06-20 Thread Bill C. Riemers
Bill - Original Message - From: "Cary Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:51 PM Subject: Question about Cygwin License > I want to use cygwin with a proprietary system. > > As I do n

Re: Question about Cygwin License

2003-06-19 Thread Larry Hall
Marcel Telka wrote: On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 06:46:03PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote: * Honorable Marcel Telka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 05:51:44PM -0400, Cary Lewis wrote: I want to use cygwin with a proprietary system. As I do not want to publish my source code, I kno

Re: Question about cygwin License

2003-06-19 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 05:51:44PM -0400, Cary Lewis wrote: >I want to use cygwin with a proprietary system. > >As I do not want to publish my source code, I know I need a "breakout" >license from RedHat. > >I am not changing cygwin, I am simply using the cygwin.dll to get a Unix >based system to

Re: Question about Cygwin License

2003-06-19 Thread Marcel Telka
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 06:46:03PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote: > > * Honorable Marcel Telka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 05:51:44PM -0400, Cary Lewis wrote: > > > I want to use cygwin with a proprietary system. > > > > > > As I do not want to publish my source code,

Re: Question about Cygwin License

2003-06-19 Thread Sam Steingold
> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * On the subject of "Re: Question about Cygwin License" > * Sent on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 00:13:16 +0200 > * Honorable Marcel Telka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 05:51:44PM -0400, Cary Lewi

Re: Question about Cygwin License

2003-06-19 Thread Larry Hall
Cary Lewis wrote: I want to use cygwin with a proprietary system. As I do not want to publish my source code, I know I need a "breakout" license from RedHat. I am not changing cygwin, I am simply using the cygwin.dll to get a Unix based system to run under Windows. Has anyone purchased a break

Re: Question about Cygwin License

2003-06-19 Thread Marcel Telka
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 05:51:44PM -0400, Cary Lewis wrote: > I want to use cygwin with a proprietary system. > > As I do not want to publish my source code, I know I need a "breakout" > license from RedHat. > > I am not changing cygwin, I am simply using the cygwin.dll to get a Unix > based sy

Question about Cygwin License

2003-06-19 Thread Cary Lewis
I want to use cygwin with a proprietary system. As I do not want to publish my source code, I know I need a "breakout" license from RedHat. I am not changing cygwin, I am simply using the cygwin.dll to get a Unix based system to run under Windows. Has anyone purchased a breakout license? I wa

Re: Question about Cygwin license

2002-12-02 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 10:22:01PM -, Chris January wrote: > Can standard GPL v2 code be included in Cygwin? No. It's incompatible with the Cygwin license. > What if I look at how that code does something and then write my own > implementation? What if the two implementations are very simila

Question about Cygwin license

2002-12-01 Thread Chris January
Can standard GPL v2 code be included in Cygwin? What if I look at how that code does something and then write my own implementation? What if the two implementations are very similar? What if I tell someone else on the mailing list how to do it? Chris -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/m