From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 11 20:32:35 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C503716A47D for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:32:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brett@lariat.net) Received: from lariat.net (lariat.net [66.119.58.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79DB213C459 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:32:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brett@lariat.net) Received: from anne-o1dpaayth1.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.net@lariat.net [66.119.58.2]) by lariat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA21000 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:51:48 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200712111951.MAA21000@lariat.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:51:45 -0700 To: chat@freebsd.org From: Brett Glass Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: Subject: Re: Wine compatibility and performance on FreeBSD 7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:32:35 -0000 At 10:01 AM 12/11/2007, Julian H. Stacey wrote: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_%28software%29 > "... originally released Wine under the same MIT License as the X > Window System, but owing to concern about proprietary versions > of Wine not contributing their changes back to the core project, > work as of March 2002 has used the LGPL" What apparently happened is that one or two of the developers of Wine got their knickers in a twist about the idea that -- heaven forbid! -- someone might possibly make some money for the enhancements they made to Wine. (Never mind that the marketing and development costs for their commercial versions of Wine were eating all of their profits, and it was unclear whether they actually WOULD make any money.) Also, it is rumored (though I have not seen proof of it) that John Gilmore, an underwriter of the Wine project, threatened to withdraw support from some of these developers unless the license was switched to the GPL, thus forcing their hands. --Brett Glass