[plug] Seems that Cygnus isn't doing anythign amis after-all....

[David Buddrige]

Seems that Cygnus isn't doing anythign amis after-all....

This is there licensing statement for GNU Tools... (I've emailed them
asking where I can ftp the source from) their main ftp site is:
ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/ but I've not yet been able to locate the
GNUPro stuff... 


http://www.cygnus.com/pubs/gnupro/1_GS/GPLGeneral_guidelines_on_using_this.html

These guidelines are intended to help you understand what you are
allowed to do with this software. 

You are free to use, copy, modify, and redistribute the files contained
in this distribution subject to certain terms and conditions. You
may use them in commercial and non-commercial applications alike. You
may make a profit from doing so. You do not need to pay any
royalties. The terms and conditions imposed on you all take one of the
following forms. 

     You may be required to preserve or reproduce the existing copyright
notice and/or licensing terms. 
     You may be required to give appropriate credit to third parties for
the role they played in helping to create the software. 
     You may be required to agree not use the name of third parties in
advertising or publicity without their permission. 
     You may be required to agree not to hold third parties liable for
loss or damages caused by your use of the software. 
     You may be required to give parties to which you distribute
verbatim copies or derivatives works the corresponding source code as
     well as permission for them to redistribute what you provide to
them free from any additional encumbrances. 

These guidelines are not intended as a legal statement. For source
files, the precise legal statement of what you can and can't do is in
the
licenses for the individual source files. For files in the binary
distribution what you can and can't do is specified in the licenses to
the
source files from which the binary files derive. 

These guidelines are also only intended to help you understand what you
can do with this software as far as your rights might be limited
under copyright law. Other laws dealing with patents, encryption, export
to certain foreign nations, and so on, could, in some
circumstances, also limit your rights. 

Cygnus doesn't encumber the components of this distribution with any
additional restrictions beyond those contained in the original
software 

Any works created by Cygnus are distributed under the same terms as the
components to which they are a part. 

Works created by Cygnus that standalone are typically distributed under
the GNU General Public License.