Re: Cygwin library now available under GNU LGPL

2016-06-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jun 23 09:48, Warren Young wrote: > On Jun 23, 2016, at 6:18 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > > From 2.5.2 onwards, the Cygwin DLL is now available under the GNU LGPL v3, > > rather > > than the former GPLv3. > > I have mixed feelings about this. > &g

Re: Cygwin library now available under GNU LGPL

2016-06-23 Thread Warren Young
On Jun 23, 2016, at 6:18 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > From 2.5.2 onwards, the Cygwin DLL is now available under the GNU LGPL v3, > rather > than the former GPLv3. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, it means we get the same freedoms when deploying GCC-compiled

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Cygwin library now available under GNU LGPL

2016-06-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Hi folks, I'm pleased to announce that the today's upcoming release of the Cygwin library (version 2.5.2) introduces a license change. From 2.5.2 onwards, the Cygwin DLL is now available under the GNU LGPL v3, rather than the former GPLv3. The official Red Hat announcem

RE: LGPL

2004-04-21 Thread Robb, Sam
> Christopher Faylor writes: > > > I have little say in the matter anymore but I'd say that > this is about > > as possible as me suddenly becoming un-mean. > > The interesting question now is, would these be related incidents ;-) MSNBC News - this just in : the GPL makes people mean! News at

Re: LGPL

2004-04-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 09:47:02AM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: >Christopher Faylor writes: >>I have little say in the matter anymore but I'd say that this is about >>as possible as me suddenly becoming un-mean. > >The interesting question now is, would these be related incidents ;-) I have no

RE: LGPL

2004-04-21 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor > Sent: 21 April 2004 03:05 > On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 08:51:15PM -0400, Larry Hall wrote: > >At 08:17 PM 4/20/2004, you wrote: > >>Will the cygwin.dll become LGPL at one time in the

RE: LGPL

2004-04-21 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Bart van der Werf (Bluelive) > Sent: 21 April 2004 01:17 > Will the cygwin.dll become LGPL at one time in the future? > The viral GPL clause really makes me not want to use it with my BSD > licensed applicatio

Re: LGPL

2004-04-21 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 21 02:17, Bart van der Werf (Bluelive) wrote: > Will the cygwin.dll become LGPL at one time in the future? > The viral GPL clause really makes me not want to use it with my BSD > licensed application. Your problem. Read http://cygwin.com/licensing.html again: "In a

Re: LGPL

2004-04-21 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Christopher Faylor writes: > I have little say in the matter anymore but I'd say that this is about > as possible as me suddenly becoming un-mean. The interesting question now is, would these be related incidents ;-) Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music type

Re: LGPL

2004-04-20 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 08:51:15PM -0400, Larry Hall wrote: >At 08:17 PM 4/20/2004, you wrote: >>Will the cygwin.dll become LGPL at one time in the future? > >Anything is possible but there is no plan to do this. I have little say in the matter anymore but I'd say that this

Re: LGPL

2004-04-20 Thread Larry Hall
At 08:17 PM 4/20/2004, you wrote: >Will the cygwin.dll become LGPL at one time in the future? Anything is possible but there is no plan to do this. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washing

Re: LGPL

2004-04-20 Thread Hr. Daniel Mikkelsen
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Bart van der Werf (Bluelive) wrote: > Will the cygwin.dll become LGPL at one time in the future? > The viral GPL clause really makes me not want to use it with my BSD > licensed application. (Furthering the FUD about the GPL being "viral" could cause a l

LGPL

2004-04-20 Thread Bart van der Werf \(Bluelive\)
Will the cygwin.dll become LGPL at one time in the future? The viral GPL clause really makes me not want to use it with my BSD licensed application. Grtz, Bart -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html