Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [jimtabor] 37345: - Add path support for ExtTextOut.

[James Tabor]

Tell that dmitry guy that wine is under General Public License (GPL)
and open to coping to other projects with same license. The original
file was from the wine project as well..... We try to make notes to
inform and post source information in our source and commit messages.
This is very legal and proper practice.

Here is the real issue,,,, we are proving wine is from RE sources and
we are proving it very well........

This is another of many attempts to counter the improvements and
advances to this project via a back door..... NO ONE from that project
has contacted me..... ..... ...  This in itself is an interesting
point..... ..... .. .


On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Steven Edwards <winehacker(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>   Dmitry,
>
>  On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:22 AM, Dmitry Timoshkov
>  <dmitry(a)codeweavers.com> wrote:
> >  
> > http://www.reactos.org/archives/public/ros-diffs/2008-November/027021.html
> >
> >  Please stop copying Wine code without any copyright and source
> >  reference into reactos. This became very bad practice from your
> >  side during last years. 
>  I have no power with the ReactOS project other than to ask and try to
>  get policy changed in a democratic manner. I've made the case for the
>  ReactOS to do a better job at proper attribution in code that is
>  imported based on feedback from you in the past. In fact, just
>  yesterday I replied to ros-dev proposing some guidelines for how to
>  handle code imported from Wine. There is nothing more I can do.
>
>  I have CC'd Alexandre and Jeremy for there thoughts on the subject. I
>  welcome feedback from the Software Freedom Law Center or the FSF with
>  reguards to this issue because on one hand I understand the
>  attribution is important but on the other hand ReactOS is persona
>  non-grata with Wine. Given Wine's reluctance to accept any
>  contributions from ReactOS developers, totally based on guilt by
>  assocation I think its in your best interested not to be credited. The
>  Software is still being released under the terms you granted so I
>  don't see a major violation.
>
> >  From the LGPL preamble: 
>  "...Also, if
> the library is modified by someone else and passed on,
>  the recipients should know
>  that what they have is not the original version, so that the original
>  author's reputation will not be affected by problems that might be
>  introduced by others."
>  
Must I say more?

>   Clearly the ReactOS developer is doing you a favor by
> not hurting your
>  reputation if ReactOS is as Toxic as Wine makes it out to be.
>
>  Thanks
>  --
>  Steven Edwards
>