Re: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/

2003-07-28 Thread Brian . Kelly
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

Re: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/

2003-07-28 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 07:52:36AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/

2003-07-28 Thread Robert Collins
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 23:19, Christopher Faylor wrote: I noticed that but i was wondering if these were actually cygwin tools. Has anyone verified that? No, but: You are now running bash.exe from the cygwin package. That plus more descriptive text is in the screenshots on the unix_tools

RE: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/

2003-07-28 Thread Al Slater
PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/ On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 07:52:36AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not only that, but this appears to go even further. By essentially compiling all these GNU utilities into one executable, there's

Re: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/

2003-07-28 Thread Brian . Kelly
alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/ On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 07:52:36AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/

2003-07-28 Thread Steve Coleman
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 07:52:36AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/

2003-07-28 Thread Peter S Tillier
Al Slater wrote: 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 Likewise. And what is worse, when you exit the thinstall it leaves a number of 4K size executables in your TEMP (in my case

Re: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/

2003-07-28 Thread Carlo Florendo
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 07:52:36AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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