Re: cygwin redistribution and gpl requirements

2002-02-09 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 08:44:51PM +0100, Lapo Luchini wrote: 1. Include a copy of the GPL with the programs. 2. Reference source code availability at http://cygwin.com Is this sufficient? You should also have a copy of the source of the distributed version on your website (maybe next year

Re: cygwin redistribution and gpl requirements

2002-02-08 Thread Charles Wilson
Jon Allen wrote: My company wants to re-distribute some of the pre-compiled cygwin utilities, e.g. grep.exe. These utilities will be distributed without modification, and to make them run we will copy the needed cygwin dll's. I assume we will maintain GPL compliance if we: 1. Include a

RE: cygwin redistribution and gpl requirements

2002-02-08 Thread Jon Allen
Chuck, Thanks for your information. After several close readings of the GPL I could not determine this. Jon Jon Allen wrote: My company wants to re-distribute some of the pre-compiled cygwin utilities, e.g. grep.exe. These utilities will be distributed without modification, and

Re: cygwin redistribution and gpl requirements

2002-02-08 Thread Lapo Luchini
1. Include a copy of the GPL with the programs. 2. Reference source code availability at http://cygwin.com Is this sufficient? You should also have a copy of the source of the distributed version on your website (maybe next year you will be using grep version 1.0-1 while cygwin.com will only