Gavriel State wrote:
Hi Tom,
No, that's not the case - every line of code that we've added into the in the WineX tree that is not explicitly under the LGPL is distributed under the AFPL. Again, from our license documentation:
Hi Gav,
I want to first off thank you for your reply.
I'm not sure if you read over this list or not, but if you should read over some of my past rants/flames you will see i'm not a very bright to start with..
So I ask for you to have patience with me.
From the above paragraph I see that every line of code you guy's have added to WineX that is *not* in the list of dll's/components that is listed under LGPL should be considered as AFPL?
The LGPLed components in the WineX tree are:
* dlls/avicap32/ (libavicap32.so) * dlls/msdmo/ (libmsdmo.so) * dlls/quartz/ (libquartz.so) * dlls/msacm/winemp3 (libwinemp3.so) * dlls/wininet (libwininet.so) * dlls/urlmon (liburlmon.so) * programs/regsvr32 (libregsvr32.so)
Here is where i'm a bit fuzzy.
You guys dont release any of your code under X11? but you do or in the past have ask people to licence there code under the X11 licence? Even tho I was not around when the licence change came to be.. From what I get from reading WWN and the devel-list list archives you guys were in favor of a X11 licence. ( ?? ) But now you say every line of code you release to wineX that is not explicitly under the LGPL is distributed under the AFPL licence? ........
So you ask people to licenece there work under X11 but you then re-licence your changes as AFPL?
In other words if I release my code ... ( well my code is only ugly hacks :-) ) but if I licence my code under LGPL then someone else releases under X11 then I release under LGPL then the code is in a mangle under both licences???????
So in return if I release under X11 then *YOU* release under AFPL then say I release under X11 again then you do another AFPL then its in a mangled state as well?
tit for tat ??
If this is the case as I see it......... I could be wrong,,, as im most likely at the lower end of the scale here......
Why should we even take the X11 licence into consideration? As I see it you will moot it at the first given chance ........ Just as i'm sure you think some developers will moot the X11 licence at there first given chance.......
So why not just licence WineX under LGPL and AFPL and have this mess over with??? <>please reply here</>
Then you can have a exhaustive list ...........this is this, and that is that!!!!!
Gav, I want you to know I have *NO* ill will against you or your cause. And I see your position here.. you want to be compensated for your work.. Trust me we all do!!!!!! But your not alone....... As I see it your no worse off than CodeWeavers ..... Hell take a look at : http://www.frankscorner.org/
If you look at the forums ( http://www.frankscorner.org/forum/ ) section you will see im a moderator there. But we tell the public they can install/run most if not all the apps that CW supports!!! So if anything your at a advantage to codeweavers when it comes to a app per game ratio ..... Because we list TG on most games.. And you still have your Copy Protection code in house......
So first,, as a proud Linux user!
I ask that you reconsider and release your code, changes, modifications ... what ever you may consider it.......... under a X11, LGPL licence and that you give a list of dll's, componentes that are listed as being LGPL, X11...
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I'm almost certen if you guy's said Hey....... we want to be paid.. we have famailies to feed, we want to pay our bills the same way you want to!!!!!! So here is a list of DX dlls that were going to list as being AFPL..............
But in the sence of GoodWill and Hospitality we plan to release all other dll's/components as LGPL/X11 for not only our selves but for the betterment of Linux as a whole.....
You see Gav, I coul'd give *SHIT* about Wine or WineX as a single app.. Me myself I look to the future...... when Linux is the Desktop of choice....
I think Wine/WineX/CodeWeavers all three have a role to play in the Linux Desktop. Its not that im pregiduse, as I hate eveyone the same!!!
I just think if you were to list the licence of each dll's/component and say, here is where we at TG stand...... And we dont expect everyone will fill the way we do but this but this is life.. Life is a toatle of good and bad and we feel as if we have meet our overall obligations. why should there be any *ILL* feelings??????
So I ask again if you will send a list of AFPL, LGPL componets, and any componets under X11?
I hate to say this but I really beleive were at the piont to where we are at a toatle split.. I really hope it doesn't go this way......(I really do)........... So GAV in the end I guess its up to you.......
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Tom Wickline