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Re: Cygnus Cygwin32 Press Release 1/21/97
- To: Stan Shebs <shebs at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: Cygnus Cygwin32 Press Release 1/21/97
- From: Joe Marzot <gmarzot at baynetworks dot com>
- Date: 13 Feb 1997 14:19:57 -0500
- Cc: jqb at netcom dot com, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Posted-Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 11:19:56 -0800 (PST)
- References: <199702130125.RAA14392@andros.cygnus.com>
Stan Shebs <shebs@cygnus.com> writes:
> The truth is that we've already heard from a number of prospects
> asking about license terms - they don't have a problem with the
> concept, since they work with a multitude of licenses every single
> day, and they just want to know the price. In the larger markets that
> are now adopting cygwin32, it's actually *easier* to sell licenses
> than to explain the GPL or LGPL over and over again. Kind of ironic...
>
Then it shouldn't hurt to put cygwin.dll under the LGPL as well as still
selling commercial licenses. Then everybody is happy.
-GSM (an appreciative and respectful user of cygwin32)
ps. what are the terms for the license?
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G. S. Marzot <gmarzot@baynetworks.com> Network Management Development
Bay Networks Inc. (508)670-8888 x63990
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