Re: LINE project

[Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>]

On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 07:15:24PM -0800, Stephen C. Biggs wrote:
>On 6 Mar 2001, at 13:23, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
>> 
>> > The reason I put cygwin1.dll up for download is just as a convience for
>> > people that may not want to take the time to download the full Cygwin
>> > distribution.
>> 
>> That's OK, and it's good to help the users.
>> 
>> > Since reading this thread, I've put up a little message following the
>> > cygwin1.dll link:
>> > ----------
>> > Cygwin is licensed under the GPL. The complete source distribution can be
>> > downloaded from the <a href="http://www.cygwin/com">Cygwin homepage</a>
>> > ----------
>> 
>> The GPL doesn't allow this, because as soon as we release a new
>> cygwin, the sources for *your* cygwin1.dll are no longer available,
>> and you are instantly (and unawares) in violation.  You need to have
>> your own copy of the sources for the dll you are distributing, and
>> make sure it remains available as long as your binary is.
>
>Somebody might want to check that WindRiver is not in violation, 
>since they are distributing a very old DLL of cygwin and there is no 
>source or reference to any source anywhere in their documentation 
>or on their website.

I believe that WindRiver may be using a public-domain version of Cygwin.
The license changed to GPL several years ago.

Can anyone confirm this?

cgf

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