multiple cygwin installs

[Dave Korn]

On 30 March 2007 14:22, Igor Peshansky wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Dave Korn wrote:
> 
>> On 30 March 2007 10:20, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mar 30 09:33, Dave Korn wrote:
>>>> On 30 March 2007 08:58, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> 
>>>>> Btw., do they provide the source codes for the Cygwin DLL and their
>>>>> tools?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>   ... because rebuilding their tools from source into your standard
>>>> cygwin install is probably quite a good bet...
>>> 
>>> I was actually referring to the licensing implications...
>> 
>>   Well, in a kind of way, so was I... the licensing implications being
>> "They've gotta give you the source if you ask for it!"[*]  Or to put it
>> another way, the licensing implications being "You're free[**] from
>> crippling dependency on the supplier's little quirks".
>> 
>>     cheers,
>>       DaveK
>> 
>> [*] - oversimplified for purposes of not having a long discussion to
>> clarify what is best expressed by simply referring to
>> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html
>> [**] - as in beer.[***]
>> [***] - no, wait a minute.  as in speech.[****]
>> [****] - look, i was up hacking on a compiler until 6am.... i'm not
>> entirely sure /what/ i mean...
> 
> Which timezone? ;-)
> 	Igor


  The one where it was 6am in the bloody morning!  ;-)

    cheers,
      DaveK
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