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Re: Combining cygwin with non-free portability libraries
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 12:18:47PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >Incidentally, while perusing the GPL FAQ, I stumbled upon
> ><http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MoneyGuzzlerInc>. There seem to be
> >several cases of Cygwin packages that may do something similar (in fact,
> >Cygwin itself technically does that :-D). Are there implications?
>
> If there are Cygwin packages which are bundling libraries that do not
> include source then they shouldn't be in the distribution.
Not bundling. Linking. The libraries *are* obtained separately.
> What packages are you referring to? I'll pull them immediately.
Well, "cygwin", for one. It links with Windows system DLLs, which are
most definitely proprietary. I wasn't trying to point to a particular
package, this was indeed a licensing question -- in what way does the
above FAQ entry apply to Cygwin packages in general?
Igor
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