On Jun 2, Jim Pick wrote > The cygwin.dll case in an example where the GPL is being used to restrict the > rights of other people using the code so that they can't do something taboo > such as charge money, while at the same time, reserving the right for the > authors to do the exact same thing. To me, this is clearly hypocritical, > and I don't consider that software to be as 'free' as it could otherwise > be.
First off, this list isn't the right forum to discuss Cygnus morality issues. Can someone point out a better forum? Second, I find it hard to conceive of some case wher Cygnus would sue someone for selling commercial software which happened to use a DLL authored by Cygnus. It would trash their (Cygnus's) reputation, and eat into their bottom line. Third, I think you're (Jim, I mean) making a mountain out of a mole hill. Can't we talk about something more interesting? Like, a mechanism for informing maintainers of packages what issues they need to address to get packages out of Incoming and into the distribution? -- Raul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .