Re: [gentoo-dev] Winex-cvs being removed from portage?

[Adrian Almenar <strider@gentoo.org>]

Winex is derived from wine and wine is NOT GPL is LGPL, AFAIK.

Luke-Jr wrote:

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>I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think WineX is licensed under the GPL. Also, 
>the GPL only requires that they give you the source with the binary. As long 
>as the subscribers can get the source with the binary, nothing would stop 
>them from denying the public access to it.
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>On Friday 25 July 2003 03:47 am, Owen Gunden wrote:
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>>On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 10:01:37PM -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
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>>>How about because they asked us to?  Essentially, we have been asked to
>>>not create an automated process to allow a user to install winex from
>>>cvs.  The anonymous cvs is there for people to assist in development
>>>with winex.  Technically, there is nothing stopping us from continuing
>>>to provide winex-cvs ebuilds.  However, Gentoo is part of a larger
>>>community and quite simply, you don't maintain your status as a useful
>>>member of the community if you go around pissing off your neighbors.  In
>>>fact, there is nothing keeping Transgaming from pulling the anonymous
>>>cvs access for the winex sources from sourceforge and making it
>>>available to subscriber's only.
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>>Then why is the anonymous cvs access available in the first place?  Also,
>>are you sure they don't have to release the source because of the GPL?
>>IANAL, and I certainly don't know what I'm talking about.  Just wondering.
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>>Owen
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