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diff --git a/winsup/CYGWIN_LICENSE b/winsup/CYGWIN_LICENSE index 75dac9a3e..d1bf9d9f6 100644 --- a/winsup/CYGWIN_LICENSE +++ b/winsup/CYGWIN_LICENSE @@ -1,14 +1,16 @@ -Red Hat, Inc. licenses Cygwin to you under the terms of the GNU -General Public License version 2 (GPLv2), as published by the Free -Software Foundation, along with the additional permissions given -below. +Cygwin is free software. Red Hat, Inc. licenses Cygwin to you under the +terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software +Foundation; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of +the GNU General Public License either version 3 of the license, or (at your +option) any later version (GPLv3+), along with the additional permissions +given below. There is NO WARRANTY for this software, express or implied, including the implied warranties of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR -PURPOSE. +PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. -You should have received a copy of GPLv2 along with this program; if -not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt . +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along +with this program. If not, see <http://gnu.org/licenses/>. Additional Permissions: @@ -16,17 +18,19 @@ Additional Permissions: 1. Linking Exception. -As a special exception to GPLv2, Red Hat grants you permission to link +As a special exception to GPLv3+, Red Hat grants you permission to link software whose sources are distributed under a license that satisfies the Open Source Definition with libcygwin.a, without libcygwin.a -itself causing the resulting program to be covered by GPLv2. +itself causing the resulting program to be covered by GPLv3+. -This means that you can port an open source application to Cygwin, and +This means that you can port an Open Source application to Cygwin, and distribute that executable as if it didn't include a copy of libcygwin.a linked into it. Note that this does not apply to the Cygwin DLL itself. If you distribute a (possibly modified) version of -the DLL you must adhere to the terms of GPLv2, including the -requirement to provide sources for the Cygwin DLL. +the Cygwin DLL, you must adhere to the terms of GPLv3+, including the +requirement to provide sources for the Cygwin DLL, unless you have obtained +a special Cygwin license to distribute the Cygwin DLL in only its binary +form (see below). See http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd/ for the precise Open Source Definition referenced above. @@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ Definition referenced above. Red Hat grants you permission to distribute Cygwin with the following files, which are not considered part of Cygwin and are not governed by -GPLv2, in source or binary form. +GPLv3+, in source or binary form. winsup\testsuite\winsup.api\msgtest.c winsup\testsuite\winsup.api\semtest.c @@ -44,10 +48,10 @@ winsup\testsuite\winsup.api\shmtest.c Red Hat grants you permission to link or combine code in Cygwin with code in or corresponding to the following files, which are not -considered part of Cygwin and are not governed by GPLv2, and to +considered part of Cygwin and are not governed by GPLv3+, and to distribute such combinations under terms of your choice, provided that -such terms are otherwise consistent with the application of GPLv2 to -Cygwin itself. You must comply with GPLv2 with respect to all +such terms are otherwise consistent with the application of GPLv3+ to +Cygwin itself. You must comply with GPLv3+ with respect to all portions of such combinations other than those that correspond to or are derived from such non-Cygwin code but which do not correspond to or are not derived from Cygwin itself. |