Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:41:24 -0800 From: Russell Jackson <raj@csub.edu> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> Cc: Tom Wickline <twickline@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> Subject: Re: Wine compatibility and performance on FreeBSD 7 Message-ID: <475F1214.5020601@csub.edu> In-Reply-To: <200712111818.LAA17407@lariat.net> References: <53e3a9930712060959t6f446534xee6ba49d043dd70a@mail.gmail.com> <200712110441.VAA05322@lariat.net> <1481.163.178.104.130.1197385733.squirrel@webmail9.pair.com> <200712111701.lBBH1LKH004886@fire.js.berklix.net> <200712111818.LAA17407@lariat.net>
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This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms080505040905030005080009 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Brett Glass wrote: > 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. Don't FUD. Nothing stops anyone from making money off GPL'ed software. The real reason is that TransGaming et al weren't contributing anything back and wouldn't provide the source to users who bought binaries in a usable fashion. > (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. > -- Russell A. Jackson <raj@csub.edu> Network Analyst California State University, Bakersfield Iam not very happy acting pleased whenever prominent scientists overmagnify intellectual enlightenment --------------ms080505040905030005080009 Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s" Content-Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature MIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAqCAMIACAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAQAAoIIL2DCC BegwggTQoAMCAQICCQC2yYqf6jv75zANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCB1DELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMx EzARBgNVBAgTCkNhbGlmb3JuaWExFDASBgNVBAcTC0Jha2Vyc2ZpZWxkMTEwLwYDVQQKEyhD YWxpZm9ybmlhIFN0YXRlIFVuaXZlcnNpdHksIEJha2Vyc2ZpZWxkMRkwFwYDVQQLExBOZXR3 b3JrIFNlcnZpY2VzMS8wLQYDVQQDEyZDU1UsIEJha2Vyc2ZpZWxkIENlcnRpZmljYXRlIEF1 dGhvcml0eTEbMBkGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYMbm9jQGNzdWIuZWR1MB4XDTA3MTAxMjAyMDY0MFoX DTA4MTAxMTAyMDY0MFowgcAxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRMwEQYDVQQIEwpDYWxpZm9ybmlhMRQw 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