"Alexandre Julliard" julliard@winehq.com wrote in message news:874rmvggpn.fsf@mail.wine.dyndns.org...
Patrik Stridvall ps@leissner.se writes:
In short: Should the Wine project wait until you release or should it not?
That's certainly a question we have to think about, but I think there is a deeper issue: should we continue to release under a license that allows people to use our own code to hurt the project?
My concern is not so much about Transgaming, I trust that Gav means to do the right thing, even if I don't entirely agree with his methods. But I'm worried that if Transgaming succeeds, it will set a precedent that others will follow, who may have no desire at all to do the right thing for Wine. What will happen if 5 different dlls are improved and released by 5 different companies under 5 different non-free licenses?
It's been quite fascinating watching this discussion; it's nice to see that such issues are covered. It raises two issues for me: 1. Where does Lindows fit into all this? Does anyone know what's happening there? 2. Is the current wine license as loose as it appears to me? My understanding is that "the license" is the file "LICENSE" at the root of the cvs tree and basically allows anyone to do anything with it provided they keep the license in there (and respect copyright). I keep seeing quotes and things that suggest wine is under GPL, LGPL, BSD etc.; I presume that they are simple ill-informed.
Bill