----Original Message---- >From: Corinna Vinschen >Sent: 22 June 2005 17:01
> On Jun 22 16:45, Dave Korn wrote: >> Note also that Cygwin is GPL'd software (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), you must apply the GPL >> to your source as well. Of course, this only matters if you plan to >> distribute your program in binary form. For more information, see >> http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html. " > > FWIW, I think the GPL hint should be the start of this paragraph. > If that's ok with the reader, then he or she can read on. > > > Corinna On second thoughts, you're almost certainly right; people's attention may trail off and they may start skim-reading toward the end of an item, so it's more likely that people would see it and actually take it in, if it's at the start. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/