Jeremy White <[email protected]> wrote: > >EA Durbin wrote: >> I just saw this linux distribution on distrowatch. They claim to be able >> to run all microsoft products. Interesting. > >Just for the record, these folks are customers of ours. > Thank you for the clarification of your relationship with this company. > >It is my belief that their distribution of CrossOver complies with all >of the terms of the LGPL; we try to make sure of that for our customers. > I even believe that money they make as a result of their windows >compatibility will, albeit fairly indirectly, support Wine development. > This is very true. Hopefully, the legal folks have taken a look at how they are utilizing your product. I, for one, don't like to see one company's efforts usurped by another. > >Obviously, I like it when folks can celebrate the contributions of >everyone to Wine, and to all the FOSS products that go into something >like a Linux distribution. But Free Software means that folks are also >free to market as they see fit :-/. > I have warned folks against 'Free' software due to support concerns. I use Crossover because CodeWeavers is an ongoing concern. I advise folks to work with Wine, with the cavet that it is FOSS and that support is only available through the Wine Forums or Wine Mailing Lists. I also warn them that a problem they encounter may or may not be corrected. The same is true of most commercial software, but there is available telephone support (if you pay for it.)
Again, I like where Wine is moving and the advances in just the last year. Also, I do support those companies that attempt to commercialize products, like RedHat and CodeWeavers. Please continue to do the great things that will move Wine forward. James McKenzie
