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author | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2003-01-14 00:06:12 +0300 |
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committer | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2003-01-14 00:06:12 +0300 |
commit | 337e9503bbda13a4b039f3ca30a7ac2d3ca27a72 (patch) | |
tree | 9fdb36fe9cfe7b0977bde24cad0cd2ec8dc09893 /winsup/doc | |
parent | d3939f963afde1c2225c835da6fb542ea1b6dce5 (diff) |
Reformatting.
New location for Open Source Definition.
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/doc')
-rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/copy.texinfo | 45 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/copy.texinfo b/winsup/doc/copy.texinfo index 66c05aa15..5dcdac9c8 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/copy.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/copy.texinfo @@ -4,38 +4,39 @@ Most of the tools are covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL), although some are public domain, and others have a X11-style -copyright. To cover the GNU GPL -requirements, the basic rule is if you give out any binaries, you must -also make the source available. For the full details, be sure to -read the text of the GNU GPL which follows. - -The Cygwin API library found in the winsup subdirectory of the -source code is also covered by the GNU GPL. By default, all -executables link against this library (and in the process include GPL'd -Cygwin glue code). This means that unless you modify the tools -so that compiled executables do not make use of the Cygwin library, -your compiled programs will also have to be free software distributed -under the GPL with source code available to all. +copyright. To cover the GNU GPL requirements, the basic rule is if +you give out any binaries, you must also make the source available. +For the full details, be sure to read the text of the GNU GPL which +follows. + +The Cygwin API library found in the winsup subdirectory of the source +code is also covered by the GNU GPL. By default, all executables link +against this library (and in the process include GPL'd Cygwin glue +code). This means that unless you modify the tools so that compiled +executables do not make use of the Cygwin library, your compiled +programs will also have to be free software distributed under the GPL +with source code available to all. Cygwin is currently available for proprietary use only through a proprietary-use license. Please see @file{http://www.redhat.com/software/cygwin/} for more information about the Red Hat Cygwin Product. -In accordance with section 10 of the GPL, Red Hat, Inc. permits programs whose -sources are distributed under a license that complies with the Open -Source definition to be linked with libcygwin.a without libcygwin.a -itself causing the resulting program to be covered by the GNU GPL. +In accordance with section 10 of the GPL, Red Hat, Inc. permits +programs whose sources are distributed under a license that complies +with the Open Source definition to be linked with libcygwin.a without +libcygwin.a itself causing the resulting program to be covered by the +GNU GPL. This means that you can port an Open Source(tm) application to cygwin, and distribute that executable as if it didn't include a copy of -libcygwin.a linked into it. 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. +libcygwin.a linked into it. 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. -See http://www.opensource.org/osd.html for the precise Open Source -Definition referenced above. +See @file{http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.html} for +the precise Open Source Definition referenced above. @section GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE @example |