On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 07:37:01PM -0500, Clark C. Evans wrote:
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Jason Tishler wrote:
I have contributed Python to the standard Cygwin distribution. Cygwin Python is located in the contrib/python directory on the Cygwin mirrors. Cygwin's setup.exe will automatically install Cygwin Python the next time one installs or updates from a mirror.
This is interesting. From what I understand, if you link against cygwin.dll, the software must be released under the GPL. Thus, is the licensing debate over? Do you have the right to re-license python under the GPL? Or am I missing something fundmental here?
$ objdump -p python2.1.exe | grep DLL vma: Hint Time Forward DLL First DLL Name: KERNEL32.dll DLL Name: cygwin1.dll DLL Name: libpython2.1.dll
Sorry to bring this up... I'm just curious.
Clark brings up a valid point. Did I screw up from a licensing point of view? I found the following on the Python web site: However, we expect that Python 2.0 and later versions, released by BeOpen PythonLabs, will be released under a GPL-compatible license. IANAL, any guidance regarding this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jason -- Jason Tishler Director, Software Engineering Phone: +1 (732) 264-8770 x235 Dot Hill Systems Corp. Fax: +1 (732) 264-8798 82 Bethany Road, Suite 7 Email: Jason.Tishler@dothill.com Hazlet, NJ 07730 USA WWW: http://www.dothill.com