Re: [Openvpn-devel] OpenVPN project funding and Windows TAP driver license

2007-03-07 Thread Didier Conchaudron
Hi James, From a pure legal point of view, GPL should be sufficient. A company that don't respect GPL will probably not respect those new statements. Regarding the Vista certification requirements costs, maybe an idea is to make people/compagnies donating before downloading the Vista certified

Re: [Openvpn-devel] OpenVPN project funding and Windows TAP driverlicense

2007-03-07 Thread Tom Fanning
James I personally support that proposal. It's a necessary evil. I have another idea for revenue generation too. How's about partnering with a router OEM to provide a no-fuss soho-broadband router (eg Linksys WRT54G style box) with an OpenVPN client pre-installed. We for one would be buying them

[Openvpn-devel] OpenVPN project funding and Windows TAP driver license

2007-03-07 Thread James Yonan
As always, it's a challenge to maintain a popular project such as OpenVPN on a shoestring, and I'd like to thank everyone who has made a contribution thus far. The Windows TAP driver is becoming more expensive to support, especially with the new Vista driver signing requirements. I plan to ju