Re: Things you can do with Cygwin

[Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>]

On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 02:01:40PM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>At 01:43 PM 5/3/00, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>>--- "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall@rfk.com> wrote:
>>-8<-
>>>Perhaps its worthwhile, if people want to discuss the GPL and its
>>>details, and offer their opinions on its interpretation, that this
>>>discussion move to a forum that discusses such things.  I'm not sure
>>>that this list's bandwidth is best consumed by those offering their
>>>interpretation of the GPL when there are other places where such things
>>>are addressed.  Just a thought...
>>>
>>
>>I would agree; however, this is a discussion not only of the GPL but
>>how the GPL affects CYGWIN and my program that uses it.  This then is
>>beneficial to this list.
>
>OK, I stand corrected.  If this discussion stays on target and
>addresses how the GPL version of CYGWIN affects someone's program and
>that differs from how the GPL would affect that program if it used some
>other GPLed library, then I would agree that continued discussion
>should remain on this list.  If the discussion becomes one of various
>people offering their opinion of what the GPL means and what it
>affects, it seems beneficial to move that branch of the discussion to a
>more appropriate venue.

I agree.  The discussion is getting pretty philosophical, which, IMO, is a
sure sign that it is getting off-topic for this mailing list.

cgf


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