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Is Showmypc.com an Open Source Pretender?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the show-us-the-source dept.

shaitand writes "When looking for a remote support application that penetrates firewalls and can be initiated by my clients with a couple of clicks, I came across Showmypc.com. It was a standalone executable but looked like it would work and best of all it was open source. The only thing I didn't like was the interface, so I went to check out the Sourceforge page. I noticed a substantial problem: CVS is empty and the source on the download page is for the 2.6 version. The version of the executable is 3.53. I mailed the developers that they needed to distribute their modified SSH client and VNC source to be in compliance with the GPL license. They said they didn't modify those programs and ignored my request for the current source code. So I ask again, if this is a GPL'ed application; where is the source?"

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  1. Um by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Last time I checked, OpenSSH was distributed under the BSD license, not the GPL. So your request for the source is meaningless.

    Maybe Theo was right...

  2. Re:Why not? by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is VNC GPL? I don't know. But I think OpenSSH is BSD, so source isn't an issue there.

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  3. Re:It's VNC... by NemosomeN · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "not-a-virus" at the beginning should have tipped you off. There's no virus, your IT dept just doesn't want you running VNC. I don't blame them.

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  4. See the full story above. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You may want to see the full story, a comment I just posted: UltraVNC: 1) Repeater, 2) NAT-to-NAT 3) UVNC SC 4) OpenVPN.