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Re: Bug in Cygwin Windows 8 group permissions


On Dec 6, 2012, at 3:08 AM, Corinna Vinschen

> On Dec  6 01:19, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 12:43:50AM -0500, Chaz Littlejohn wrote:
>>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>> The most simple way to accomplish this is to add a sources download
>>>> URL where you provide the source packages of all the OSS packages you
>>>> use.  It's not *that* much work.
>>> 
>>> No problem, we'll add those links to the terms.
>> 
>> Just to be really clear: These links should not be to the Cygwin web site.
>> You need to provide the exact sources that go with the binaries that you
>> distribute.  You can't rely on the Cygwin site to provide those.
> 
> Exactly.  Apparently my wording was unclear.  What I was trying to say
> is that you, Chaz, could create a sources download area on your web
> server where you provide the source packages of the OSS binaries you
> use.  It's not sufficient to link to the upstream project page.  That's
> a common misconception.

Ok, yes. That makes sense.Thanks for the clarification. 


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