Wine license issues
Raul Dias
chaos at swi.com.br
Wed Aug 14 18:12:25 CDT 2002
Mark Hannessen <msh104.mymail at 12move.nl> wrote:
...
>> It wouldn't be necessary to keep ReWind as the "official" wine
>> already let their dlls and dll enhancements to have a different
>> license (as they state).
>
>If their is ever going to be anyone willing to use wine in a way other
>developers do not want, he has the right to use the rewind
>cvs to start with.
>
>so the rewind cvs will have to exist for all eternity.
true, but it necessary only if the use includes changes to the core.
If the changes are implemented "around" the core (like dlls)
the LGPL wine can be used. (AFAIU)
>
>by the way...
>what do you mean with rewind being the "official" wine.
>ain't the LGPL licensed wine the official one now ?
Sorry,
I meant:
It wouldn't be necessary to keep ReWind, if the "official" (LGPL) wine
already let their dlls and dll enhancements to have a different
license (as they state).
[]'s
Raul Dias
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