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
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