On Mon, 11 May 2015 09:26:36 +0000 Mike Gabriel wrote: [...] > As it seems, dxpc has been long ago relicensed to BSD-2-clause (for > v3.8.1 in/around 2002).
This is great news, indeed! > > I have no exact clue, if NoMachine forked prior to that (if they quote > the old licensing terms, then probably they did). Yep, it's plausible... > > However, how do you see the situation considering that upstream > changed to BSD-2-clause a long time ago. What approach do you propose > for nx-libs-lite to get the issue fully fixed? If the fork has been performed before the DXPC re-licensing (as it's likely), I see two possible strategies: (A) someone gets in touch with DXPC copyright owners and asks them whether the re-licensing may be considered retroactive (applicable to older versions of DXPC); in case the answer is negative, DXPC copyright owners should be persuaded to make the re-licensing retroactive (B) nx-libs-lite upstream developers re-fork from scratch, basing the new code on a BSD-licensed version of DXPC (I suspect this may turn out to be somewhat painful...) Obviously, the optimal solution is (A). I hope it may work... Thanks for your time and for your prompt and kind replies. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/ There's not a second to spare! To the laboratory! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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