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Re: Making and selling a Cygwin distribution
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:02:43 +0100
- Subject: Re: Making and selling a Cygwin distribution
- References: <43CFA9C9.7000703@HiWAAY.net> <00e301c61d89$f2203580$0a01a8c0@p42800e>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Jan 19 22:22, David Christensen wrote:
> I've wondered if it is permissible to make and sell a Cygwin distribution (CD,
> DVD, downloadable ISO, etc.). Looking at the Cygwin license page:
>
> http://www.cygwin.com/licensing.html
>
> I think so (because the GPL allows you to do that), but I'm not a lawyer.
> Google'ing cygwin.com for "distribution" yielded many hits. This one reminds me
> that I would need to include sources:
>
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/1999-03/msg00233.html
>
> Does anybody on the list know the current "authoritative" answer for making and
> selling a Cygwin distribution?
You may make and sell a distro. You have to make the source available
the same way you make the binaries available (CD/DVD/ISO). The GPL FAQ
is very enlightening to read: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html
Corinna
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