=== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 2:21 AM Subject: Re: mysql server out of the list
> On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 12:46:27AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > >Chris, > > Can you step up and explain the GPL issue... > > > >Regarding the pthread implementation, thank you :}. > > > >I am very open to changing/improving it to meet the needs of open source > >products, so if/when time arises, and you see how cygwin today meets the > >needs of MySQL, feel free to get hold of me. > > What is the issue? Are they providing a cygwin DLL without accompanying > sources? That is the usual confusion regarding the DLL. > > The Cygwin DLL is just like any "program" distributed under the GPL. If > you distribute a binary, you must distribute sources, even if you have > made no modifications to the binary (cygwin1.dll). Providing a pointer > to some other place to get the sources isn't adequate. > > If so, that's probably the problem. You can't just provide a binary. You > have to provide the sources for the binary. Linking to the cygwin.com web > site isn't sufficient. You have to be able to directly provide sources > in compliance with the GPL. > > Apologies if I'm misunderstanding the situation. They are distributing a cygwin linked .exe without cygwin1.dll, and without cygwin sources. As I understood from prior cygwin@ discussion, this was an issue. Rob
