Hmmm. Interesting reading so far. The reason I asked the question is because the folks over at Cygwin, which is GPL, /have/ integrated their X server, XWin, into the Xfree86 source tree.
>From: Alan Hourihane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Why is Xvnc not in XFree86 source tree? >Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:01:28 +0100 > >On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 09:53:14 +0200, "Beerse, Corni" wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Thomas Chadwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Just wondering why the Xvnc source has not been integrated > > > into the XFree86 > > > source tree? Is it because it is an "incomplete" X server in > > > that it lacks > > > the viewer piece? Come to think of it, if that's the case, > > > then can't you > > > somehow pair it with the vncviewer X client to make it a "complete" X > > > server? > > > > > > > I think of several reasons: > > First of all, they have not found Xvnc. > >Rubbish. > > > Xvnc is a replacement for XFree, the are both Xservers. > > > > XFree is a demonstration project (at least, that's how it started) just >to > > give an idea of an implementation for an XServer. > >A demonstration project? I'm on the Core Team at XFree86 and you've >no idea how it started. It was very far from a demonstration project. > > > If you mean that XFree comes with a lot of tools like xterm and even a > > window manager like twm then that's just the distribution. You can make >a > > similar distribution with Xvnc. > > > > There can also be something like a license conflict, you should not >bundle 2 > > packages with different license types, specially if both packages are >free > > and easy to mix. > >XFree86 will not import GPL code. > >Alan. >_______________________________________________ >VNC-List mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
