On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 11:53:22AM -0700, Max Kaehn wrote: >On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 14:30 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>IMO, if we need additional wording about licensing, it should reference >>the web site. > >I'm concerned about that FAQ entry giving incomplete information
And, I'm always concerned about people who can't find any information unless it is in in the FAQ. >it's very clear about the default case of the GPL, but it doesn't >mention the exceptions in the Cygwin license. Would this work? I'd rather not refer to this as "exceptions to the GPL requirement". I think that something along the lines of: Before you begin, note that Cygwin is licensed under the GNU GPL (as indeed are all other Cygwin-based libraries). That means that if your code links against the cygwin dll (and if your program is calling functions from Cygwin, it must, as a matter of fact, be linked against it), and you are distributing binaries, the GPL, in general, applies to your source as well. See http://cygwin.com/licensing.html for more details about the GPL and Cygwin's use of it. would be preferable. I'd like to get Corinna's take on this, however, and that won't be happening for a week or so. cgf