> >From what I can tell it certainly looks as though the Pro version is not >free to install and use after the 30-day evaluation period. > >Refer to the following quote from the TridiaVNC Pro Price List at >http://www.tridiavncpro.com/product/pricing.html > >"TridiaVNC Pro Media Kit Includes printed User Guide, coil bound just the >way you like it, and an Application CD. TridiaVNC Pro comes with a free >30-day license and 30 days of free support to get you started. TridiaVNC Pro >License needed to convert the 30-day free evaluation license to a full >running copy. >$39 each "
<quote href="http://www.tridiavncpro.com/product/techoverview.html";> TridiaVNC Pro, TridiaVNC, and the GPL TridiaVNC Pro is an extension of TridiaVNC. It provides the required enterprise and commercial features needed to deploy TridiaVNC technology within a modern corporate IT system. TridiaVNC Pro integrates with NT domains, provides strong encryption for use over the Internet and includes support for silent installations. Future versions of TridiaVNC Pro will include support for file transfer between the host and remote systems as well as other tools needed by high tech support departments. TridiaVNC components are all licensed under the GPL. This means that the source code to these components must be made available to everyone who receives the executables. In addition, commercial or closed source software such as the TridiaVNC Pro extensions may not link with the open source software. However, there is no restriction from bundling and shipping open source software in a commercial product. Many hardware manufactures include open source software with their own closed source program packages. TridiaVNC Pro components are closed source. This software does not link with the TridiaVNC open source components. However, the TridiaVNC Pro software provides enhanced services when used in conjunction with the TridiaVNC components. At a technical level, TridiaVNC Pro supports the RFB protocol connection for TridiaVNC through one of many virtual tunnels. So, TridiaVNC Pro enables remote access through TridiaVNC with enhanced authentication and encryption. </quote> >From that description, it looks as though TVNC Pro is a wrapper around TVNC, much >like SSH or Zebedee only friendlier. If this is so, I don't see any conflict with >the GPL, provided the TVNC "components" distributed with TVNC Pro are still licenced >under the GPL even in the package. Perhaps someone with more experience with Windows >machines would like to download a trial copy of TVNC Pro and confirm this for us. >Incidentally, TVNC Pro's licensing scheme sounds remarkably like "shareware" to me. It also appears that the original TridiaVNC will still be freely available for most platforms, and support "incidents" and "contracts" are still listed in the pricing scheme. So, I would draw a preliminary conclusion that TVNC Pro is a supplement to Tridia's business model, not a replacement. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not for attachments) website: http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/ geekcode: GCS$/E dpu(!) s:- a20 C+++ UL++ P L+++ E W+ N- o? K? w--- O-- M++$ V? PS PE- Y+ PGP++ t- 5- X- R !tv b++ DI+++ D G e+ h+ r++ y+(*) tagline: The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
