> Have you verified that the terms of the MS libraries are such that you > are allowed to redistribute a program covered by the GPL (like rsync) > with it included? I'm not a big fan of the GPL because it generally
Thank you for pointing that out, I was actually already thinking about that. I know one thing, the way I put it up on the website is probably not allowed. I included some files from Microsoft in the vss.tgz and vss-xp.tgz. I forgot about that, because this is just a development-version that I made. I will have to change that. And I will do that today or in the following days. The resulting binaries won't be any different, just the download and build-instructions. I'm already working on that right now. > prohibits that sort of program improvement unless all of the work can > have the GPL terms applied. There are some execptions for things that > are part of the native OS but I'm not sure where an add-on sdk fits into > the picture. > The SDk just facilitates the access to the API of the OS if you ask me. The API's already exists in the base install, VSS is a 'Windows service' for example. But I have to admit, I'm not an expert. Do you think I should consult an expert ? I do know that this code already existed for a long time on the website of the original author and no one took it down because of problems, And I just ported it to a newer version of rsync. Although I have to admit, rsync 2 was possible covered by GPLv2 and newer and rsync 3 is GPLv3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
