Re: Making and selling a Cygwin distribution

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Jan 19 22:22, David Christensen wrote:
> I've wondered if it is permissible to make and sell a Cygwin distribution (CD,
> DVD, downloadable ISO, etc.).  Looking at the Cygwin license page:
> 
>     http://www.cygwin.com/licensing.html
> 
> I think so (because the GPL allows you to do that), but I'm not a lawyer.
> Google'ing cygwin.com for "distribution" yielded many hits.  This one reminds me
> that I would need to include sources:
> 
>     http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/1999-03/msg00233.html
> 
> Does anybody on the list know the current "authoritative" answer for making and
> selling a Cygwin distribution?

You may make and sell a distro.  You have to make the source available
the same way you make the binaries available (CD/DVD/ISO).  The GPL FAQ
is very enlightening to read: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html


Corinna

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