On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Dmitry Borodaenko wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 03:09:33AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Since Transgaming is essentially lying about the license, would it not > > be at least valuable to expose them more publicly by starting such a > > distribution to force their hand? > > Agreed. > > I would volunteer to take that action and package winex-light for > Debian, if no one else (knghtbrd?) is willing to do it [1], and if no > one presents here on debian-devel good [2] reasons not to do it. I would > also very much like to see opinion of Ove Kaaven, current Debian wine > maintainer: I am very satisfied with his packaging of wine, and I'd like > to be sure that my actions won't cause conflict with Debian wine > maintainer.
Hmm. In the role of the Debian wine maintainer I don't have a problem with that (though if you want to use my packaging, you can't use the packaging from the most recent Wine releases since the Wine build system have changed significantly recently and recent packaging reflects that, those changes are not in WineX). You'd probably just rename things and put stuff in /usr/lib/winex instead of /usr/lib/wine, so that the two versions can be installed simultaneously, right? But in the role of a transgaming affiliate, I'd prefer that you don't if you want them to have an income; they're not "lying", the license do allow you to make packages, but that permission is meant to allow "fair use" (you can make packages for yourself, or give packages to your friends to show them what they can do), it's not intended for mass distribution of unsupported binaries. If mass distribution happens anyway, then the license would be changed to stop it, and then that fair use would no longer be legal either, is that what you want? But if you really want to commit such controversy, please also consider packaging CodeWeavers Crossover Office. They sell it for money even though it's technically LGPL, so someone could buy it, and then you could package the source you find on the CDs you get. I think that'd be even more useful for many Debian users than a gaming-related package. > [1] I use wine occasionaly, and not heavily, some time ago I > successfully built winex with Debian patches from Ove. > > [2] I.e. good enough for me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
