* Ove Kaaven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020603 11:51]: > There was a change in the license preamble in the WineX CVS about a week > ago. Does it suffice?
ooo. spirit vs actual sledgehammers. Of course, it isn't on the HEAD for some reason on viewcvs. http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/winex/wine/LICENSE?rev=1.3.2.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup --- Note that while this license does permit certain kinds of non-commercial distribution of pre-compiled binary packages of WineX, doing so on a large scale is discouraged, as it affects TransGaming's ability to continue to improve and develop the code. TransGaming reserves the right to change the license under which future code is made available, and will not hesitate to do so if non-commercial distribution of pre-compiled binary packages adversely affects the financing of continued development. --- I read this as a plea from transgaiming because they feel they can't properly educate their userbase from not paying them to recieve a binary package. Of course, who knows how many people 'warez' their packages. Perhaps a license key is next? I would definately track their CVS and keep watching until they totally eliminate the rights from their license. Personally, If I benefited greately from the product I could see people putting money into a tipjar for more say on what happens to the development. If some people just dont care about future features because it Works For Them(tm) perhaps the economics wont work out for this specific venture. Of course, if the future features are coming out at a good rate and stuff just works, then theres a definate issue in this model based on how many 'supporters' you can retain. I bet there is some sort of equliribium and if it goes low, just freak out about money like other opensource companies have and get a boatload more subscribers. -- Scott Dier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.ringworld.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
