Hi Andreas,
Not so fast, those results are based on an older version of FreeRDP, which
are obviously NOT to be used as a comparison point.
The results shown with the latest version of FreeRDP are actually much more
encouraging.
On the other hand, the tool is pretty cool, and may provide a good way of
proving that our code base is clean.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Andreas Kotes <count-li...@flatline.de>wrote:
> Hello,
>
> * Marc-André Moreau <marcandre.mor...@gmail.com> [20110627 22:18]:
> > I started using the tool. I'm using yesterday's version from git, and
> > rdesktop revision 1505, which corresponds to the time at which we forked
> the
> > project.
> >
> > I manually removed the git and svn hidden directories from the source
> trees.
> > The documentation for the comparator mentions that the tool ignores cvs
> and
> > svn history, but does not mention git, so you either ran the tool using
> > 0.8.2, or the tool matched stuff found in the git history. Results are
> > significantly different so far, but I need to spend more time
> understanding
> > the tool and how I can filter the results.
>
> hate to be a party pooper, but this is (IMHO) clearly work you can avoid
> doing, because whatever result you may come to won't make any line of
> code more of a clean-room implementation than it currently is - because
> in all cases during the development of that code intellectual property
> of Cendio AB was present and available; giving (at least) the slimest
> chance of lawyers, judges and jury _somewhere_ deciding that Cendio
> holds rights, and can demand compensation.
>
> this is not gonna change easily. so:
>
> - accept staying with GPL (a viral Free Software license) (disliked)
>
> - reimplement most, if not all of it "clean room" (well .. no.)
>
> - get Cendio to (re-, sub-, dual-)license the code (tried, not
> happening)
>
> .. but maybe ...
>
> - ask Cendio to sign a binding letter (i.e. binding current and future
> management) to not press charges based on any IP residue so long as
> any and all current and future code stays under a OSI compliant Open
> Source license
>
> .. may be worth trying?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andreas
>
> --
> Andreas Kotes, CISSP, CCNA - flatline IT services - ISP & IT Consulting
> "When we face problems or disagreements today, we have to arrive at
> solutions
> through dialogue. Dialogue is the only appropriate method. One-sided
> victory
> is no longer acceptable. We must work to resolve conflicts in a spirit of
> reconciliation, always keeping others' interests in mind." -- Dalai Lama
>
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