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Debian And WineX

Posted by Hemos on from the i-wanna-install dept.

fdsa writes "After a heated debate, and under some pressure by TransGaming, an 'intent to package' WineX from sourceforge CVS for (non-free) Debian has been withdrawn. The message provides a good summary of the recent Wine chaos, and notes how WineX is effectively under a different license than stated. Here's a mail from their CEO Gavriel State on the issue."

3 of 274 comments (clear)

  1. About time to dump Transgaming by EllisDees · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Right now, I am a paid subscriber to Transgaming. If they don't get their act together - and I mean soon - they are going to have one less subscriber. I will not support a company that doesn't contribute to free software.

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  2. Hmm.. Winex still uses GCC, maybe Stallman should by MrJerryNormandinSir · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Maybe it's time Stallman gets involved!

  3. Re:reasonable request by abe+ferlman · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Screw you.

    I gave them my money even though I don't have a machine I can run their games on- at the time my fastest machine was 200 mhz, and that thing was *not* running diablo II under wine, trust me.

    I gave them money because they made a promise to release the source code when they had enough people give them their money. I gave them my money because I supported their stated goals.

    They seem to have wavered in their resolve to do so. I will be writing them to ask for a refund.

    Legal != right. They got my money by misleading me, whether technically illegal or not it still bites.

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