Leen Besselink wrote: >> Have you verified that the terms of the MS libraries are such that you >> are allowed to redistribute a program covered by the GPL (like rsync) >> with it included? I'm not a big fan of the GPL because it generally > > Thank you for pointing that out, I was actually already thinking about that. > > I know one thing, the way I put it up on the website is probably not allowed. > > I included some files from Microsoft in the vss.tgz and vss-xp.tgz. > > I forgot about that, because this is just a development-version that I made. > I will have to change that. And I will do that today or in the following days. > > The resulting binaries won't be any different, just the download and > build-instructions. > > I'm already working on that right now. >
OK, done. phew, I think I'm in the clear. :-) Thanks again for reminding me. >> prohibits that sort of program improvement unless all of the work can >> have the GPL terms applied. There are some execptions for things that >> are part of the native OS but I'm not sure where an add-on sdk fits into >> the picture. >> > > The SDk just facilitates the access to the API of the OS if you ask me. > > The API's already exists in the base install, VSS is a 'Windows service' > for example. > > But I have to admit, I'm not an expert. > > Do you think I should consult an expert ? > So Les, what do you think ? If you look at my current webpage ? > I do know that this code already existed for a long time on the website > of the original author and no one took it down because of problems, > > And I just ported it to a newer version of rsync. > > Although I have to admit, rsync 2 was possible covered by GPLv2 and > newer and rsync 3 is GPLv3. > Having put more thought into this, I think it could mean in the worst case, that IF I'm not allowed (which I doubt at this moment) to distribute the compiled rsync.exe binaries, that it's still possible for people to build it themselfs. Just like their used to be a qmail-installed in Debian, which would compile it for you. I could even make a shell-script. :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
