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

[Daniel Reimer]

James Tabor wrote:
>   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
> >
> >        
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>      
I second Steven's thoughts. Regardless how Wine Headquartes thinks about 
us. If we don't credit their work we use, then we are not better than 
some of them are. I don't know how the others think, but I want to 
behave better than some Wine PPL do. Lets add a rule, which forces our 
devs to add the Name of the Original Author to (L)GPLed Code he adds at 
least.

Opinions plz.