The licensing of ReactOS is not that straightforward. We have the core OS with its kernel, some of which is GPL v2 and some of which is BSD, we have a lot of Wine code which is LGPL, and we have a scattering of bundled programs and utilities under differing licenses. However, this is 90% irrelevant with respect to applications because what we target is the Windows and NT APIs, which also are implemented by Microsoft. Applications what we might bundle that target those APIs are not derivatives of our own work, hence it really does not matter what license they fall under, so long as it is an open source one that does not make our lives harder.
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Adam <geekdun...@gmail.com> wrote: > [this should be the correct thread for this message this time... sorry > Colin/Pierre for the mix up before!] > > In addition, is the Apache license even GPL compatible? If not ReactOS > won't be able to use it. > > (to be honest, I just hate GPL software which uses GPL when > unnecessary, but in cases like duplicating Windows technologies, it may > prove to be an advantage, but I would have thought Sleepycat would be > better than the horrific sham of a "free license" that is the GPL - of > course that is an opinion of mine) > > On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:45:17 +0100 > Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo <elh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> no idea if it would work due to the current alpha state of ReactOS... >> >> but would be cool if they submit patches or something like that (or >> just, *help*) for FreeRDP being running in ROS !! ;) >> >> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Александр <art1st...@yandex.ru> wrote: >> >> > This guys are inteterested in integration of freeRDP software into >> > ReactOS 01.02.2012, 17:01, "Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo" >> > <elh...@gmail.com>: >> > >> > interesting! >> > >> > 2012/2/1 Александр <art1st...@yandex.ru> >> > >> > FreeRDP 1.0 Released <http://www.freerdp.com/?p=92> >> > >> > >> > >> > http://www.freerdp.com/ >> > >> > >> > FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol >> > (RDP), released under the Apache license. Enjoy the freedom of >> > using your software wherever you want, the way you want it, in a >> > world where interoperability can finally liberate your computing >> > experience. >> > >> > *FreeRDP Clients:* >> > >> > - client/X11 (xfreerdp) >> > - official client >> > - RemoteApp support >> > - X11 GDI implementation >> > - client/DirectFB (dfreerdp) >> > - DirectFB support >> > - software-based GDI (libfreerdp-gdi) >> > - client/Windows (wfreerdp) >> > - Native Win32 support >> > >> > >> > >> > *FreeRDP Servers (experimental):* >> > >> > - server/X11 (xfreerdp-server) >> > - RemoteFX-only >> > - no authentication >> > - highly experimental >> > - keyboard and mouse input supported >> > >> > -- >> > С наилучшими пожеланиями, Александр. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Ros-dev mailing list >> > Ros-dev@reactos.org >> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Ros-dev mailing list >> > Ros-dev@reactos.org >> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> > >> > -- >> > С наилучшими пожеланиями, Александр. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Ros-dev mailing list >> > Ros-dev@reactos.org >> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev@reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
