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Re: ksh on cygwin
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 02:03:43AM +0100, Karsten Fleischer wrote:
>> I'm not sure but I don't think it matters if the sources are
>> proprietary. Maybe this is getting incredibly picky but if you adapted
>> algorithms from other non-GPL compliant programs then that is probably
>> an issue, too.
>
>I don't know if something like "If the first four bytes of a file are
>'poop', then hold your breath" is considered an algorithm.
>I've contacted Glenn Fowler regarding this issue.
>He'll confirm what I've said.
>
>> This wouldn't be an issue for the Berkeley license, though. I don't know
>> what the AST tools use for licensing.
>
>OK, once again:
>http://www.research.att.com/sw/license/ast-open.html
I assume you must have mentioned this before. I missed it.
Sorry.
cgf
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