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Re: cygwin with sockscap32
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 12:29:18PM -0500, Charles S. Wilson wrote:
>"MADHU,SURESH (HP-Cupertino,ex1)" wrote:
>>
>> I think its a cygnus issue. Because the sockscap code has not changed, but
>> the cygwin code has - and the sockscap source code is not as open source as
>> the cygnus code,
>
>Yes. It is and must be -- but perhaps the sockscap owners don't
>understand that. By linking to the cygwin1.dll, the sockscap code is
>required to be open source. If you cannot obtain the source from them,
>then it is because the owners are VIOLATING cygwin's license.
>
>They MUST release the code -- if they don't, I'm sure Red Hat's lawyers
>would love to talk with them.
Yup.
Also the fact that something "worked" before and "doesn't work" after upgrading
cygwin does *not* automatically mean that "it's a cygwin problem".
cgf
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