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 they could be within the terms: that TVP is simply a front-end that does the encryption tunnels & computer selection interface (like VNC commander). In this case it wouldn't be a derivative work, but a seperate enhancement. see this bit of the GPL: In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under the scope of this License. Without seeing TVP in action, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. I haven't really looked into TVP's features, so I can't say I've investigated the case. > ...there is a > problem with the click-through license in the TridiaVNC Pro installer. > It removes many of the freedoms granted by the GPL for the entire piece > of software without any exclusions for the open source components. Now *that* should be fixed. Anyone from Tridia care to reply? -- Illtud Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Uwch Ddadansoddwr Systemau Senior Systems Analyst Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales Yn siarad drosof fy hun, nid LlGC - Speaking personally, not for NLW --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
