From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,41b26d4b4b1c530a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: lrk@pobox.com (Lance Kibblewhite) Subject: Re: Gnat 3.09 NT - Legal issues Date: 1997/02/11 Message-ID: <32ffc209.441855@library.airnews.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 217928206 references: <01bc0fc4$c6d53740$829d6482@joy.ericsson.se> <32ff443d.1365753@library.airnews.net> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: INTERNET AMERICA mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: lrk@pobox.com newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-02-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: This is the email I received on the Gnu-Win32 list regarding Cygnus' plans for licensing Cygwin32. >From: Geoffrey Noer >Subject: Cygnus Cygwin32 Press Release 1/21/97 >To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com >Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 01:29:11 -0800 (PST) >Cc: noer@cygnus.com (Geoffrey Noer) >Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com > >Greetings, > >Following is a copy of the recent Cygwin32 press release made on Jan 21, >1997. Of particular note is the fact that Cygnus will be selling >commercial licenses for Cygwin32 in the first half of 1997. This means >that companies wishing to use the Cygwin32 library in proprietary programs >will be able to do so with a license from Cygnus. Cygnus will continue >to provide public releases under the GPL for those people using the library >in conjunction with the development of free software. > >I will send more detailed information to the lists as it becomes available. > >Regards, > >Geoffrey Noer >Cygnus Solutions >noer@cygnus.com > >---------------------------------> snip <--------------------------------- > >News Release >For more information contact >Cygnus Solutions >Jeacline Marinkovic >+1-408-542-9600 > >Cygnus's cygwin32 Supports NT and UNIX Hosts from Single Source Base > >Cygnus Solutions announces a preview release of cygwin32--the most complete >C and C++ POSIX development environment for WindowsNT. With cygwin32, >developers can support WindowsNT and multiple UNIX platforms from a single >source base. Cross-platform host targets from a single source base >provides: > > * True compatibility of multi-platform applications > * Reduced support costs in development and deployment > * Significantly accelerated time to market > >Cygnus developed cygwin32 in order to port key Internet software packages >from UNIX to WindowsNT. Popular Internet technologies, such as the GNU >development tools, MIT's Kerberos, and the Apache web server are freely >available for the range of UNIX hosts. Cygnus, recognizing the migration >trend of multi-user applications to NT, created a solution that would bring >cross-platform support without the development and support costs of >modifying source code. > >With Cygwin32, the cost of multiplatform support is substantially >reduced. Existing UNIX source code does not require special changes to >migrate from Unix to WindowsNT. This means that software can be delivered >to WindowsNT customers without migrating the sources away from Unix or >investing in NT development resources. > >As a powerful example of this capability, Cygnus ported 250,000 lines of >software originally part of MIT's Kerberos source base to WindowsNT -- >effectively without changing the source. Not only did Cygwin32 make it >possible to guarantee Kerberos compatibility across Unix and WindowsNT >(since both can run the same source base), but it also enabled Cygnus to >demonstrate the world's first version of Kerberos 5 running on >WindowsNT. Cross platform support for key Internet technologies was >highlighted earlier this month when Microsoft announced that WindowsNT 5.0 >will standardize on Kerberos user authentication. Cygnus's KerbNet for NT >was in beta test as Microsoft made this announcement. > >The preview release of cygwin32 is at > > ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/gnu-win32/gnu-win32-b17.1 > >This software is covered by the GNU General Public License. A commercial >version with commercial licensing terms will be available in the first half >of 1997. Cygnus will continue development of cygwin32, targeting additional >functionality, such as an integrated development environment, for the >commercial release. >- >For help on using this list, send a message to >"gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". > -- Lance.