Jonathan Clark wrote: > I will write up some documentation soon about the GPL issue, but a quick > clarification: > > 1. unix_tools is free (as in beer) [...] I realize the fact that > unix_tools is free does not change any GPL issues, [...] > > 2. Thinstall does not modify the binary structure (i.e. bytes) of files it > "links" together other than to provide compression. In this manner it's no > different from zip or tar.
Thanks for clarifying this, and I'm sure the demo is a very useful tool. But it would perhaps be best if your demo was just a script or something to use Thinstall on a _customer-downloaded_ copy of cygwin to create the demo image. I.e. make available to your customers the script, and the instructions to: * Install cygwin base * Run the demo script to build the demo unix_tools binary * Enjoy. This way, everyone stays clear of the GPL issues. Alternatively, you can also make available the src tarballs for the version of cygwin and cygwin-ported tools that you created your unix_tools image with. -- Shankar. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/