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Re: (GPL/X11 issues) RE: Debug of Test 15 (cgf input needed)


On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:37:19PM -0400, Harold Hunt wrote:
>I have previously seen on this list the question of what license the
>Cygwin/XFree86 binaries and sources are under; I've decided to throw in my
>two cents on the matter, just for the record.  I'm sending all replies to
>this message and/or future questions regarding this issue to /dev/null, so
>as not to start a flame war.  :)
>
>Well, here's my input:
>
>I'm doing whatever I want with GPL'd source and binaries compiled from them,
>short of copying and pasting GPL'd source into a closed commercial product.
>Of course, I'm not working on any closed commercial products at the time, so
>that's not going to be a problem.
>
>Now, if somebody comes along and tells me that I'm breaking the law and/or
>upsetting RMS because I'm using Cygwin/XFree86 linked to a GPL'd DLL, I'm
>going to tell them two things:
>1) Sue me
>2) The second thing I would say would not be appropriate
>	to mention in this forum :)
>
>One more point: there are no GPL issues because no has has ever been
>prosecuted for violating the GPL.  A court has not reviewed the GPL yet to
>decide which parts are applicable and which are not, therefore, it doesn't
>really matter what we do in the mean time, as we're incredibly likely to be
>doing the wrong thing.

I'm not sure what you're getting bothered about.  If you are providing
sources for anything that uses the Cygwin DLL, you are not in violation
of anything.

cgf


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