<my2cents> If I may be so bold.. I only joined this list 3 days ago but am already amazed at the politicking going on...
If a company is going to use a program to develop OS's and the like.. and they are *commercial* entities that would require plex86 not be under the GPL so that they could write their plugins.. my opinion is that if they are charging for their product, they should be paying for the product... and based on that, I'd say send 'em over to VMWare. Let VMWare charge them, and let them charge the developers. However if an entity (such as the Linux developers, or the HURD developers) want to use something that is free and open source.. then let them use plex86! And *they* should not have a problem writing modules that are linked to an LGPL'd program. So again, my opinion (there that O word is again..) is that if it comes to "some GPL'd code we can use or non-free modules".. my vote is for GPL'd code. (Besides, has anyone bothered to write the authors and just ask "Hey, can we use your code in this other project...?) The real bottom line is.. I joined this list because I wanted to see a free alternative to VMWare so that I can do my work without having to shell out more cash.. and my work is not developing OS's.. it's just simply unrealistic, for me, to be 'just' windows or 'just' linux based. Yet it also sure does suck to have to shell out 300 bucks of my own money (or even my company's money) to be able to do my work. So let's all please stop arguing and do something productive! (And yes, that does and will go for me, too.) And so as part of that.. I propose this question.. what EXACTLY is the holdup right now? Getting a CVS server outside of the country? Finding competent developers? Deciding on a viable license? Let's do this in an organized way and get results, not a silly e-mail mini-flame war. If something is so opinion related as a "this license vs. that license" war, let's set a time and date, all meet in an IRC channel, talk about it, and DECIDE. Have a good night all, flames welcome only when masquerading as constructive criticism. :-) </my2cents> >From: Eric Laberge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [plex86] new subject (we all agree the list sucks) >Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 17:21:26 -0400 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [212.204.201.31] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBE7F68D2002F40043120D4CCC91F0A390; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:35:59 -0700 >Received: by lightning.fastxs.net (Postfix)id 493F6E80F3; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 >23:21:27 +0200 (CEST) >Received: by lightning.fastxs.net (Postfix, from userid 522)id 34BB6E8046; >Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:21:27 +0200 (CEST) >Received: from typhoon.fastxs.net (ns2.fastxs.net [213.239.152.5])by >lightning.fastxs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A291E8046for ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:21:26 +0200 (CEST) >Received: by typhoon.fastxs.net (Postfix, from userid 1005)id F21B1A0598; >Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:21:25 +0200 (CEST) >Received: from lightning.fastxs.net (ns1.fastxs.net [212.204.201.31])by >typhoon.fastxs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D23D1A050Bfor ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:21:25 +0200 (CEST) >Received: from VL-MS-MR002.sc1.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca >[24.201.245.36])by lightning.fastxs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id >39993E8046for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:21:25 +0200 (CEST) >Received: from acheron.videotron.ca ([24.200.20.75]) by >VL-MS-MR002.sc1.videotron.ca (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with >ESMTP id GUF9ZO05.0SX for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 >17:21:24 -0400 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:37:23 -0700 >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk > >At 23:02 2002-04-11 +0200, you wrote: >>But what's more useful: Some GPL'd code we can use or those non-free >>modules? >> >>Jeroen Dekkers >>-- >>Jabber supporter - http://www.jabber.org Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Debian GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org http://www.gnu.org >>IRC: jeroen@openprojects > > >The fixes and advancement these companies could do to the code to allow >theirs to work. >I want Plex86 to be usable when and where needed, not just to run Office >XPensive. Wine is there for that. OS development, device development, >driver development are what Plex86 should be aimed for. >I don't want to join yet another GPL vs. LGPL war, we had too many. > >EL >-- >Eric Laberge >Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >GCS/M/S d-(++) s-: a-- C++(++++) UL+++>$ !P L++ E--- W++ N+ w++ !O M >!V PS PE Y PGP-(+++) t++(-) X- R* tv+ b+ DI+++ D+ G e+>+++++ h! r-- > > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
