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Subject: Re: [Aspell-user] aspell windows build
From: Thorsten Maerz <torte () netztorte ! de>
Date: 2002-10-14 13:23:58
Message-ID: 20021014152358.000072f9.torte () netztorte ! de
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Hi Mahesh,
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 16:59:52 +0530 Mahesh T Pai <paivakil@vsnl.net>
wrote:
> Thorsten Maerz wrote:
> > http://cygwin.com/licensing.html
> >
> > > Note that this does not apply to the cygwin DLL itself. If you
> > > distribute a (possibly modified) version of the DLL you must
> > > adhere to the terms of the GPL, i.e. you must provide sources for
> > > the cygwin DLL.
>
> I have put up an unmodified version of the cygwin dll.
> [...]
> That meas, it is sufficient for me to point out that cygwin is
> covered by GPL, and point to the cygwin's web site for sources - GPL -
> 3 (c).
If the text was
"If you distribute a modified version of the DLL"
you would be right IMO, but it reads
"If you distribute a (possibly modified) version of the DLL"
This sounds to me like:
It is possible to modify the cygwin1.dll, but regardless if you did so,
you have to provide the source code.
I am neither a lawyer nor a member of cygnus/redhat, but I found a
reply from a cygwin FAQ maintainer regarding this subject:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=a6oa83%24j2s%241%40FreeBSD. \
csie.NCTU.edu.tw&rnum=24&prev=/groups%3Fnum%3D100%26hl%3Dde%26lr%3D%26ie%3DISO-8859-1% \
26scoring%3Dd%26q%3Dcygwin%2Bdll%2Bprovide%2Bsource%2BOR%2Bship%2BOR%2Bdistribute%26btnG%3DGoogle-Suche
HTH
--
Thorsten Maerz <torte@netztorte.de>
Sylpheed-claws/Win32: http://claws-w32.sf.net
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