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RE: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/
- From: "Al Slater" <al dot slater at scluk dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 14:31:25 +0100
- Subject: RE: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/
- Organization: Stanton Consultancy Ltd
- Reply-to: "Al Slater" <al dot slater at scluk dot com>
I downloaded the tools and ran them. I typed uname -a and received an
error message about a missing export in Cygwin1.dll, so the answer is
yes.
Al
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:20 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 07:52:36AM -0400,
> Brian.Kelly@Empireblue.com wrote:
> >Not only that, but this appears to go even further. By essentially
> >"compiling" all these GNU utilities into one executable, there's a
> >violation of the GPL to the extent that the code used to do
> that does
> >not appear to be "Open Source". Double Whammy here.
> >
> >And by the way - I AM a lawyer. (Member of the Michigan Bar
> >Association in Good Standing).
>
> I noticed that but i was wondering if these were actually
> cygwin tools. Has anyone verified that?
>
> cgf
>
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