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Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey
- To: <N8TM@aol.com>, <dj@delorie.com>, <mh@mike.franken.de>
- Subject: Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey
- From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <Ssiddiqi@InspirePharm.Com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 18:51:58 -0500
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>
> What happens if those sources go away? You immediately violate the
> GPL if/when that happens. >>
>
>I understand the reasons for these requirements, but IMHO they are
>unnecessarily burdensome for the case of packages which come from mirrors
of
>ftp.gnu.org, where we have reasonable assurance they may always be found
>easily. In addition, if someone wants the source, they may also wish to be
>checking for a more up to date version, so they will need to go to the gnu
>mirror anyway.
>
Licensing is a different issue. If I want source, then I do not worry about
precompiled version. I would rather compile it myself.
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