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Re: cygwin redistribution and gpl requirements


On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 08:44:51PM +0100, Lapo Luchini wrote:
>> 1. Include a copy of the GPL with the programs.
>> 2. Reference source code availability at http://cygwin.com
>> Is this sufficient?
>
>You should also have a copy of the source of the distributed version on your
>website (maybe next year you will be using grep version 1.0-1 while cygwin.com
>will only contain a copy of 2.3-1 and 2.3-2).

It doesn't necessarily have to be on your website.  If you release a CD with
the binaries + sources, you're covered.

You basically just can't rely on anyone else to provide the sources for you.

cgf

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