[X2go-dev] GPL violations

2010-09-22 Thread Jörg Sawatzki
Hey list, I just got an email back from Heinz - a private mail! You know that I have been discussing about the plugin and sources with him and Alex on this list for a couple of months now. Other people have asked as well where the sources for the plugin are. Obviously they think that I cannot

Re: [X2go-dev] GPL violations

2010-09-22 Thread contact
Jörg, On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:47:40 +0200, Jörg Sawatzki joerg.sawat...@web.de wrote: in the hope that I believe them. But unfortunately I had a look into the code (trying to build it) and saw that it executes a binary: an extended version of x2goclient with heaps of new command line options.

Re: [X2go-dev] GPL violations

2010-09-22 Thread das.t
hi, yes, you are right that it is important to enforce the gpl and therefore that the sourcecode is made available. BUT: [ ] you are aware of that the plugin has not been released yet, that the binaries that actually are out are not a release and _not_ intended for a productive environment

Re: [X2go-dev] GPL violations

2010-09-22 Thread Gerry Reno
I think we have all posted about getting the sources for all components at one time or another. I wish Heinz would just post an example build using the plugin sources so that this GPL issue would be at an end. As I posted earlier regarding GPL source: The GPL does not care about 'releases'.

Re: [X2go-dev] GPL violations

2010-09-22 Thread Jörg Sawatzki
Hi, [ ] you are aware of that the plugin has not been released yet, that the binaries that actually are out are not a release and _not_ intended for a productive environment right now? Is was published in the German Linuxmagazin - so there are thousands of people knowing the link! Once

Re: [X2go-dev] GPL violations

2010-09-22 Thread Stefan Bauer
Am 22.09.2010 22:19, Jörg Sawatzki schrieb: Hi, [ ] you are aware of that the plugin has not been released yet, that the binaries that actually are out are not a release and _not_ intended for a productive environment right now? Is was published in the German Linuxmagazin - so there are

Re: [X2go-dev] GPL violations

2010-09-22 Thread Jörg Sawatzki
Tobias, it is very nice that you want to protect the two. Oh yes, and I am a stupid idiot who unnecessarily bugs people because he wants to get his right. I sometimes wonder if we live in a banana republic when people tell me heaps of reasons why they don't have to follow the law... I am asking

Re: [X2go-dev] GPL violations

2010-09-22 Thread John A. Sullivan III
We're not treating you like an idiot for correctly pointing out the things that should be done; we are grateful for that. We're treating you like an idiot for the way you are going about it. Yes, they should follow the requirements of the GPL. Yes, they did not have to accede to the many

Re: [X2go-dev] GPL violations

2010-09-22 Thread Oleksandr Shneyder
Hello List! Unfortunately, I have wrote my last e-mail before I have seen all that e-mails that Jörg wrote. I don't want to excuse myself, but it is ridiculous to say that we violating GPL! Jörg, it is not my problem, that you cannot read. Heinz have wrote on 09.07.2010 this E-Mail on list(test

Re: [X2go-dev] GPL violations

2010-09-22 Thread Jörg Sawatzki
Hi Russ, Did the authors holding the copyright receive some 'thing of value' from you that is 'consideration' underlying formation a contract requiring them to deliver something to you. If they are the creators of the code, they can be as stingy and slow as they wish as to releasing

Re: [X2go-dev] GPL violations

2010-09-22 Thread John A. Sullivan III
I'm sure dragging the developers into court will do wonders for the progress of the project. Good night, Joerg - John On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 00:58 +0200, Jörg Sawatzki wrote: Thank you for sending me away, John! Very friendly. I will go away - after I got the source of the software running on