Charles Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > FWIW: I am not a lawyer.
And therefore, everything you have said may be safely ignored. Until this alleged GPL violator receives a "cease and desist" order from an attorney, he has no reason to even consider modifying his behavior. (Except to be polite, of course. But at this point, he has little reason to want to be polite. And providing a simple link to the Cygwin sources is nice enough to begin with.) I really love it when non-lawyers talk about law, because it's hilarious. Engineers are the best. They have this fascinating notion that laws mean what their written text says. Actually, laws mean whatever the courts decide they mean. The apparent written text is not terribly important. Want evidence? Consider what happens when the text of a law, in your opinion, conflicts with a court's interpretation. Guess to whom the people with badges and guns are going to listen? Your notions about what constitutes a "GPL violation" are nothing more than your opinion. And you are not even qualified to have one, much less to express it. Much like the guy on the street corner expressing his opinion about the end of the world, it is kind of boring. I hope everyone cheerfully ignores all these accusations of "GPL violations" and proceeds exactly as they have been. I also hope the people making these accusations find better things to do with their time, but I admit to being pessimistic. Cheers! - Pat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/