According to Alan Hourihane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (on 10/09/02): > On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 01:05:20PM +0200, David Bateman wrote: > > According to Alan Hourihane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (on 10/09/02): > > > On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 12:27:42AM +0800, David Chow wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > The xf4vnc project is going quite well. Is there any plan on supporting > > > > VNC in the standard XFree86 package as a loadable module like the > > > > current xf4vnc? I think there are many demand on enabling remote control > > > > and using it for helpdesks for users too. Thanks. > > > > > > No. xf4vnc is GPL and cannot be included in XFree86. > > > > Seeing as you are the "owner" of this code, you could change this of course. > > Unless of course you have a particular reason from prefering the GPL for > > this. > > No I can't. The original VNC code is GPL, therefore derivative work > is also GPL.
How much of the original code ended up in the parts of xf4vnc that need to be built as modules? If the protocol is just copied, but not the code is there a problem? Then just the original tools such as vncviewer would remain GPL'ed and could be distributed separately. Barring that, what about asking the original authors. I'm not trying to hassle you, its just that I know supporting code that is not integrated in to the base installation is a pain as you have to keep up with changes that other people make, the result being that you fall behind in the keeping the code upto date. Regards David _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
