Cygwin Python Distribution GPL Licensing Issue?

Jason Tishler Jason.Tishler@dothill.com
Wed Jun 20 13:39:00 GMT 2001


David,

On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 04:11:40PM -0400, David A. Cobb wrote:
> So . . .
> Does it build OOTB in Cygwin?  Presumably the Linux sources.  I looked at 
> www.python.org and there's no mention of Cygwin as a platform.

Hmm...

To quote from /usr/doc/Cygwin/python-2.1.README (presumably already on
your hard disk since Cygwin Python is automatically installed when you
run Cygwin's setup.exe):

    The Python source builds OOTB under Cygwin.  Hence, the source has
    *not* been modified in any way.

Jason

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