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Re: setup: built-in tar
- To: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker at butlermfg dot com>
- Subject: Re: setup: built-in tar
- From: Eric Christopher <echristo at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 11:30:17 -0700
- CC: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>, cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <200005231735.KAA02561@cygnus.com>
"Parker, Ron" wrote:
>
> > * tar and gzip are GPL; we have to ship the sources for them with
> > every setup.exe.
>
> If I remember my GPL correctly all you have to do is make the sources
> available. Posting them on the same server in a reasonably conspicuous
> location meets this requirement.
>
Yes, however, they should be in the same directory. Preferably just
shipping them along with the install is preferable. Keeping some old
set of sources around is just a pain.
-eric