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SpecOpS Labs Response to Wine Project

Posted by Hemos on from the the-battle-continues dept.

Kelly McNeill writes "osViews/osOpinion received the following letter from SpecOpS Labs. This letter is in response to the WINE HQ Weekly Newsletter, Issue 222 dated May 14, 2004, entitled "PROJECT DAVID USES CODEWEAVERS CROSSOVER OFFICE". Their objective in writing this letter is to clear up some of the issues raised on the statements contained in the aforementioned Newsletter, which they believe might misrepresent their efforts to expand the availability of Windows applications on Linux."

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  1. Re:Kudos to them by MechaStreisand · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Despite what the others say, that isn't quite true. You only have to GPL your proprietary code if you distribute the GPLed code that it links to. If you don't distribute that part (ie. if it's already on the user's computer, or if you tell them where to download it), then you don't have to agree to the GPL, and you can do anything you want with your own code.

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