On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 04:46:32PM +0100, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>On 29/09/2009 10:18, Luke Kendall wrote:
>> The URL http://cygwin.com/licensing.html (in summary) says that most
>> Cygwin software is licensed under GNU GPL, X11 copyright (not sure how
>> that's a license), and some are public domain.
>
On 29/09/2009 10:18, Luke Kendall wrote:
The URL http://cygwin.com/licensing.html (in summary) says that most
Cygwin software is licensed under GNU GPL, X11 copyright (not sure how
that's a license), and some are public domain.
That should probably read "X11 license" rather than "X11 copyright"
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 08:32:06PM +1000, Luke Kendall wrote:
>As an engineer, it seems inefficient if every company that wants to use
>Cygwin first has to spend several days/weeks finding all the licenses
>across 2000(?) packages, distilling the license files down into a set,
>find any that forbid
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 08:54:01PM +1000, Luke Kendall wrote:
>I don't think you mean it is saying "you are not allowed to use Cygwin
>within a company, Cygwin is only for personal or scientific
>non-commercial research", and I'm happy that I can't see that. :-)
Cygwin is basically GPL-based. H
Stephen Bennett wrote:
Um, and assuming that we found a list of packages that had no licenses,
and a list of packages with licenses that we can't accept, is there any
way to supply setup with a pre-defined list of packages to include or
exclude? Or would everyone installing Cygwin at our company
> Um, and assuming that we found a list of packages that had no licenses,
> and a list of packages with licenses that we can't accept, is there any
> way to supply setup with a pre-defined list of packages to include or
> exclude? Or would everyone installing Cygwin at our company have to
> read t
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
On Sep 29 20:32, Luke Kendall wrote:
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
So, sure, Red Hat *could* do that, but that would mean to take over
responsibility for something which is in the responsibility of the user
in the first place. Eventually only a lawyer can make sure you comply
On Sep 29 20:32, Luke Kendall wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> So, sure, Red Hat *could* do that, but that would mean to take over
>> responsibility for something which is in the responsibility of the user
>> in the first place. Eventually only a lawyer can make sure you comply,
>> but, apart f
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
On Sep 29 19:18, Luke Kendall wrote:
The URL http://cygwin.com/licensing.html (in summary) says that most
Cygwin software is licensed under GNU GPL, X11 copyright (not sure how
that's a license), and some are public domain.
I'm just wondering what's the recommended w
On Sep 29 19:18, Luke Kendall wrote:
> The URL http://cygwin.com/licensing.html (in summary) says that most
> Cygwin software is licensed under GNU GPL, X11 copyright (not sure how
> that's a license), and some are public domain.
>
> I'm just wondering what's the recommended way to check that u
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