Cygwin Python Distribution (was ANNOUNCE: Python 2.1

cce at clarkevans.com cce at clarkevans.com
Sat Apr 21 00:31:07 EDT 2001


On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 09:35:42PM -0400, Tim Peters wrote:
| [Clark C. Evans]
| > This is interesting.  From what I understand, if you link
| > against cygwin.dll, the software must be released under
| > the GPL.
| 
|     http://www.cygwin.com/licensing.html
| 
| appears to go out of its way to say "nope" to that.

Ahh.  I did not see the extra "NOTE" at the bottom 
in reference to section 10 of the GPL, where by the
author (if not the FSF) may grant exceptions.  And
I like the blanket Open Source exception.. neat trick.
Thank you, sorry for the bandwith. 

Clark




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