Re: TridiaVNC Pro and GPL: Re: Tridia VNC

2002-03-18 Thread Michael Ossmann
On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 11:37:28AM -0700, Michael Ossmann wrote: > > I've also noticed something else that concerns me with TridiaVNC (not > TVP). It doesn't contain the copyright notices of the various > authors, notably AT&T, Widget Workshop, Inc., and Jef Poskanzer, in > the binary distributi

Re: TridiaVNC Pro and GPL: Re: Tridia VNC

2002-03-08 Thread Michael Ossmann
Brian, Thanks for posting. It's nice that you guys are willing to discuss this stuff publicly. :-) On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 09:03:36AM -0500, W. Brian Blevins wrote: > > I am most definitely not a lawyer. Understood. Neither am I. > > Personally, I suspect there is a GPL violation going on

RE: Tridia VNC

2002-03-08 Thread Steve Bostedor
Open source or not, it's still just too *@!# expensive! -Steve Bostedor http://www.vncscan.com -Original Message- From: Illtud Daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 6:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tridia VNC Andrew Crowe wrote: > I'm

TridiaVNC Pro and GPL: Re: Tridia VNC

2002-03-08 Thread W. Brian Blevins
Michael, I am most definitely not a lawyer. [snip] > > According to http://www.tridiavncpro.com/product/faq.html : > > Is TridiaVNC Pro open source software? > > No. Although the TridiaVNC components are all open source and > licensed under the GPL, the TridiaVNC Pro components are clos

Re: Tridia VNC

2002-03-08 Thread Alex Angelopoulos
Unfortunately, the judge in New England didn't want the full argument either :(. : : They're both "Open Source" licences, but they're different in : intent and philosophy. GPL'd stuff can't be closed off, BSD'd : stuff can. You don't want the full argument : : -- : Illtud Daniel

Re: Tridia VNC

2002-03-08 Thread Illtud Daniel
Andrew Crowe wrote: > I'm sure the GPL licence allows you to use the source code to make > proprietary (closed source) or commercial products, as long as you abide by > the terms of the agreement (eg. submitting any changes to that part of the > source code you make to the author etc.) Whoah the

Re: Tridia VNC

2002-03-08 Thread Illtud Daniel
Michael Ossmann wrote: > Personally, I suspect there is a GPL violation going on here. In fact, > I'm fairly certain of it. TridiaVNC (or at least components of it) are > distributed as a part of TridiaVNC Pro. Not having tried TridiaVNC Pro, it's hard to call. There is a scenario in which th

Re: Tridia VNC

2002-03-08 Thread Andrew Crowe
Hi Everybody, > Just saw TridiaVNC Pro. i have a question. Since TridiaVNC Pro is based > upon VNC, which is open source under GNU license, won't it be mandatory for > TridiaVNC people to make it open course too ?? And do they have to make it > free too ?? (they already have a product TridiaV

Re: Tridia VNC

2002-03-07 Thread Michael Ossmann
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 03:01:01PM +0530, Jasmeet S. Virdi wrote: > Just saw TridiaVNC Pro. i have a question. Since TridiaVNC Pro is > based upon VNC, which is open source under GNU license, won't it > be mandatory for TridiaVNC people to make it open course too ?? > And do they h

RE: tridia VNC

2001-10-31 Thread Salas, Jaime
alas Volt Services Group Corporate I.T. Management Ph#714-921-7554 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Glenn Mabbutt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 9:08 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: tridia VNC No, we will taunt you mercil

RE: tridia VNC

2001-10-31 Thread Glenn Mabbutt
No, we will taunt you mercilessly and then laugh at you ;) I'm kidding, of course. You can ask pretty much anything related to the operation of VNC and its derivatives. -Original Message- From: Salas, Jaime [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:35 AM To: [E

Re: Tridia VNC spam

2001-07-10 Thread Anna L. I
I'm getting them too. I agree with you, whole-heartedly. --Anna On July 10, 2001 01:22, you wrote: >Is everyone getting spammed constantly by "TridiaVNC Team", or is it just > me? Replys to them don't seem to help. I think VNC is great, but I sure > won't be trying Tridia's version now. --