Module submission rar-bin

[Nick Hudson]

Personally this si what I think about winex .... Do I use winex? yes... do I pay for it? .. yes I do... The license sucks really bad.  You should read the entire license and you will see why.  In lunar I think we should stick to only the main couple of licenses that are atleast good so we cant get into any trouble. GPL, LGPL, Mozilla, BSD etc... If you want to install winex then do so but I dont think it belongs in Moonbase because of the license and because it doesnt really work.  The cvs version is stripped down to the point that 99% of all the windows crap you want to install doesnt install because the "Install Shield" part of the code is gone making the cvs version just useless.  

I dont mean to insult you with your module submissions, im glad you are submitting, I personally just do not think that winex is a module that needs to be in moonbase for liability purposes.  This is why we do not have Opera, Netscape and so forth.  

Nick Hudson
-------Original Message-------
From: Terry Chan <tpchan at attbi.com>
Sent: 02/10/03 12:48 PM
To: lunar at lunar-linux.org
Subject: Re: Module submission rar-bin

> 
> Ben,

Module submissions to this mailing list are the PREFERRED way to get new
modules into the moonbase.

The problem we have with almost any licensing scheme (other than GNU
incarnations or Apache, Perl, or other Open source schemes) is that we
have no desire to be put into a liable position of aiding/abetting
software piracy.  So all the "try before you buy" schemes MAY shift the
onus of enforcement to Lunar and we have no TIME for such nonsense.  Hence
NO to Opera, rar-bin, and other shareware programs.

One of the other lunar devs will have to take a look at your WineX module
as they have far more experience/time to use/test that module.

You also might want to create your module tarballs with a subdirectory
in them!  That way the can be safely untarred in a location that makes
some logical sense.

Terry Chan
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On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 10:03:12AM -0700, Shern, Benjamin J wrote:
> Hi,
> Not a problem, just trying to contribute.  My philosophy is use
> the best tool for the job and leave licensing to the bean-counters...
> 
> Suppose Opera browser is out of the question then?  =)
> 
> Here is another submission for WineX (Wine with DirectX support).  I
> believe the license is acceptable, but I haven't read all the fine
> print (see philosophy above.)
> 
> Cheers,
> Ben
> 
> PS: Let me know if you would rather I not e-mail module submissions,
> That is OK too.
> 
> 
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