Hi Alan, Understandably you need to have a license which you can use legally.
The SourceForge version (version 6.9.0.31) is released under the GPL Version 2 which means you can use it for commercial or non-commercial use. You can download it to confirm that it comes with the "GNU GPL V2" license file. There is a Windows installer with Windows binaries on SourceForge that is released under GPL V2. Or you can grab the source. Here's a link that'll give you the binary installer: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/files/latest/download For versions newer then 6.9.0.31 - the author has decided to put those on his own website and they require a paid license as you've pointed out. Currently his website lists Version 7.7.0.38. I agree that it is a little confusing - the author talks about the Sourceforge release as a "public domain" release adding to the confusion. But this is clearly not the case. The Sourceforge release clearly comes with the GPL V2 license - which is not technically a "public domain" license, but rather comes with all the rights and protections of the GPL V2 license. It does mean that we can use it without an additional fee - either commercial or non-commercial - this is part of GPL V2. The newer version from his website comes with a different license as you've pointed out. That's the one that you'd need to pay for. For what it is worth, I've not run into any difficulties with the Sourceforge GPL-V2 release. Hope this clears it up. Lorne Tyndale > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [RDD] Win32 build ini file question > From: Alan Smith <alansm...@flinn.com> > Date: Mon, November 19, 2018 11:37 am > To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > > > That is pretty darn cool. I might play around with it some one day. > Truth is, I found VNC first though. > > But, in digging around on the web about xming, 2 things stood out that > reinforce my use of vnc [and this is quite confusing and may be inaccurate]: > > It looks like you can use the sourceforge versions legally for any purpose. > > If you use the versions from the creators website [which has the Windows > binary installers], it is NOT under GPL, AND if you are a commercial > entity (we are), you must purchase licensing. > > http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/terms.php#head-3 > > -Alan > > PS I know everyone does it, but piracy in a commercial environment is a > pet peeve of mine. Why steal tools when there are so many good free > open source alternatives? > > On 11/19/2018 9:10 AM, Rob Landry wrote: > > > > For two clients, I installed Xming, which is an X11 server for > > Windows. This allowed me to have rdlogedit and rdlogmanager appear on > > a Windows desktop and appear to the user to be running on the Windows > > machine (when in fact they're running under Linux on the Rivendell > > playout machine). > > > > Who needs vnc-server when you can just use X? > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rivendell-dev mailing list > > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev<hr>_______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
