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

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

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

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

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

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

Jean Louis writes: > I have downloaded packages. For GNU tools I can find sources. For Gow, > I cannot find. Perhaps the runtime was elided under the "major components" part of GPL sec 3 ? "However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is

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

* Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss) <936-846-2...@kylheku.com> [2020-10-27 23:48]: > On 2020-10-27 12:43, Jean Louis wrote: > > * Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss) <936-846-2...@kylheku.com> [2020-10-27 > > 22:13]: > > > On 2020-10-27 07:43, Jean Louis wrote: > > > > On this page accessible with LibreJS

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

* Tobias Geerinckx-Rice [2020-10-28 00:24]: > Jean Louis 写道： > > I did not notice it. There are no sources on Github, just binaries > > They take some effort to miss: > . I have downloaded packages. For GNU tools I can find sources. For Gow,

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

* Tobias Geerinckx-Rice [2020-10-28 00:24]: > > there is Gow license which is contradictory to GPL license making it > > This is the MIT (Expat) licence. It is not contradictory to the GPL. Gow is bundle of manu GNU programs and has the Expat License. Users are receiving software and think

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

Jean Louis 写道： I did not notice it. There are no sources on Github, just binaries They take some effort to miss: . Is there any evidence that the source doesn't correspond to the binaries, e.g., through patching or non-trivial build

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

On 2020-10-27 12:43, Jean Louis wrote: * Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss) <936-846-2...@kylheku.com> [2020-10-27 22:13]: On 2020-10-27 07:43, Jean Louis wrote: > On this page accessible with LibreJS turned on: > https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki > > There is useful tool Gow that runs GNU

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

* Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss) <936-846-2...@kylheku.com> [2020-10-27 22:13]: > On 2020-10-27 07:43, Jean Louis wrote: > > On this page accessible with LibreJS turned on: > > https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki > > > > There is useful tool Gow that runs GNU programs on Windows, quote: > > >

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

On 2020-10-27 07:43, Jean Louis wrote: On this page accessible with LibreJS turned on: https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki There is useful tool Gow that runs GNU programs on Windows, quote: Gow - The lightweight alternative to Cygwin There is a case to be made here that the project is GPL

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

On this page accessible with LibreJS turned on: https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki There is useful tool Gow that runs GNU programs on Windows, quote: Gow - The lightweight alternative to Cygwin Download Installer | Home Page | FAQ Introduction Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight