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Re: cygwin license compliance


On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 01:54:16PM -0400, E. Westbrook wrote:
>Greetings list,
>
>A brief question about free use of cygwin in a commercial environment.
>
>If I should direct this question elsewhere, I'll be grateful to learn
>where.  I've searched the web and the FAQs but have not found a
>specific answer to this specific question.  I've also telephoned the
>commercial inquiry phone number listed on the Red Hat cygwin-related
>website, but my calls were not returned.
>
>I am distributing a bash script to my cutomers and asking them to
>install cygwin themselves in order to run it.  I would naturally
>expect that to be acceptable.  However, to assist them, I am also
>providing an "AutoIt" script that automates the cygwin download and
>installation process for them.  My interpretation is that this does
>not constitute "distribution", but I'd like a more authoritative
>answer.
>
>Your response will be gratefully received.

If you are not giving anyone binaries that are compiled with cygwin
then you shouldn't have to worry about licensing.

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