All, There exists a project called x0rfbserver that some of our customers have been using for sharing desktop 0 (unlike vnc it doesn't spawn a new virtual X terminal but rather actually shares the one the user is using right now) They use it for monitoring problems (beats the heck out of guessing what happens you get to see it.) when the user is trying to do something on their box.
The problem comes that the version released by MDK for 9.1 seems to possibly be the last version.... The website and the developer have for all intents and purposes dropped off the net for the last 30-45 days, or more.(even the hosting agency is no longer in business it seems.) I've tried to find/ contact this person to find out status to no avail. Now I'm faced with a question. At what point is it ethical to fork someones code? There are features that don't work right or that don't work at all. Along with some things we wish we could add (like tight compression) at some point in time. The option seems to be to fork the code and issue a new project at some point. (Yes retain the GPL *grin*) So in light of this. 1. When would it be permissible to fork without the original authors knowledge? 2. For the sake of completeness. Would taking it to a dual license (like say MySQL) be ethical? James
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