Re: Gow, Cygwin alternative refers to GNU programs as open source UNIX tools

2020-10-28 Thread Jean Louis
We assume good faith of author and observe the distribution as excercise. * Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss) <936-846-2...@kylheku.com> [2020-10-28 21:11]: > - gow-utilities-src-0.8.0.tar contains the source code archives of > the bundled utilities, but no build scripts or documentation. That app

Re: Gow, Cygwin alternative refers to GNU programs as open source UNIX tools

2020-10-28 Thread Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss)
On 2020-10-27 14:24, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: Jean Louis 写道: I did not notice it. There are no sources on Github, just binaries They take some effort to miss: . The situation here is that - gow-utilities-src-0.8.0.tar contains the so

GPL violations and DMCA enforcements on Github

2020-10-28 Thread Jean Louis
As of today there are 76 GPL related DMCA issues on Github: https://github.com/github/dmca/search?q=gpl Sometimes authors take proprietary code and publish it as GPL software. Sometimes GPL software is changed to other licenses. Sometimes software is published without giving proper contributions