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Re: redistributing a part of cygwin
- From: Tim Prince <n8tm at aol dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:04:28 -0500
- Subject: Re: redistributing a part of cygwin
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- Reply-to: tprince at computer dot org
On 2/4/2016 8:59 AM, Fabio wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we have compiled a parallel program for Windows using cygwin.
> In order to make the program work on any computer we have to include
> in the package some parts of cygwin (some .dll and some .exe).
>
> Since we want to distribute our package and make it freely available
> for downloading from our website, which requirements do we need to
> fulfil to respect cygwin licence?
> Can we redistribute some cygwin files in our package?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Fabio and Chiara
>
>
Right at the top of https://cygwin.com/licensing.html there are
requirements about distributing sources both for the cygwin and you own
bits, if I understand it.
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Tim Prince
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