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WINE May Change To LGPL

Posted by Hemos on from the yeah-probably dept.

isolation wrote to us about the proposal to change the Wine license to LGPL. Jeremey's got his ideas and reasons in the e-mail there, and it makes sense - Jeremy's a smart guy. There's a call for opinions on this as well, so read through it, and offer commentary.

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  1. seems reasonable by buga · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    But wine will always be a bad idea regardless of the license. You can never keep up with MS changing and adding to the API all the time. You have to change with every new release of popular programs (e.g. Office). And it doesn't do too well as a porting lib for win programs because u still have to have code to be bug compatible w both systems (win32 and wine). It even breeds such horrible children like the horribly insecure Lindows.

  2. Re:Transgaming?? by byran+lei · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >What will this do to Transgaming? They will no longer be able to make
    >changes and keep them to themselves - kind of seems like it destroys
    >their business model.
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    >
    Who gives a shit? Go buy a PS2 or Gamecube instead.