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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by "William A. Rowe, Jr." <wr...@rowe-clan.net> on 2000/10/04 20:49:52 UTC
RE: cvs commit: apache-1.3 STATUS
> * Stipe Tolj's Cygwin32 port
> PR#: 2936
> - Status: Lars +1 (on concept), Martin +1 (on concept), Ken +1 (concept)
> + Status: Lars +1 (on concept), Martin +1 (on concept), Ken +1 (concept),
> + Jim +1 (concept)
Then would somebody commit the thing already :-?
Enough of you -use- win32 but live in CygWin that I'd expect it is easy to deploy.
This certainly won't be the 'default' binary distribution, but will be useful to
anyone who wants a better unix 'workalike'. And if they have Cygwin, they have a
gnu cc or something similar to build it with, no doubt.
Re: cvs commit: apache-1.3 STATUS
Posted by Joe Orton <jo...@light.plus.com>.
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 05:18:58AM +0100, Manoj Kasichainula wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 01:49:52PM -0500, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
> > > * Stipe Tolj's Cygwin32 port
> > > PR#: 2936
> > > - Status: Lars +1 (on concept), Martin +1 (on concept), Ken +1 (concept)
> > > + Status: Lars +1 (on concept), Martin +1 (on concept), Ken +1 (concept),
> > > + Jim +1 (concept)
> >
> > Then would somebody commit the thing already :-?
>
> IIRC, there were GPL-ickynesses involved. Cygwin and its libraries
> (without a purchased license) was GPLed, and people were worried that
> there would be viral effects.
It looks like there is an exception in the Cygwin license, so that you
can link any "Open Source" application against the library, and not have
to GPL the application itself:
http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/licensing.html
Regards,
joe
Re: cvs commit: apache-1.3 STATUS
Posted by Manoj Kasichainula <ma...@io.com>.
Assume that I'm completely making up everything I say below.
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 01:49:52PM -0500, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
> > * Stipe Tolj's Cygwin32 port
> > PR#: 2936
> > - Status: Lars +1 (on concept), Martin +1 (on concept), Ken +1 (concept)
> > + Status: Lars +1 (on concept), Martin +1 (on concept), Ken +1 (concept),
> > + Jim +1 (concept)
>
> Then would somebody commit the thing already :-?
IIRC, there were GPL-ickynesses involved. Cygwin and its libraries
(without a purchased license) was GPLed, and people were worried that
there would be viral effects.
Now, my unschooled interpretation is that this isn't a problem, and
if it is, a purchased version of Cygwin would fix this. I also don't
know what has happened lately since Cygnus was bought by Red Hat.