[Bug 1331] - old program blocked

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http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1331





------- Additional Comments From tony_lambregts at telusplanet.net  2003-03-20 20:54 -------
> I knows Wine for several years
> and I wonder if it will work one day.

It works now but is not perfect.

> I think that Microsoft will change its API
> so that Wine could not work.

This assumes rapid adoption of the new api features by developers which AFAICT
is not going to happen. Most programs written today will run on Windows 95/8
since the installed base is so large. 

> 
> Moreover, what is the limit
> between XWine and Wine ?
> will Transgaming really
> give back some enhancements to Wine ?

Wine is LGPL and WineX is AFPL these are mutulaly exclusive licences. There is
trading of code between the two bases through ReWind (X11) but it is limited. 
> 
> I would like to contribute
> but I don't want to install Windows for testing

If you don't want to you don't have to. I have been using wine for almost a year
without needing windows.

> and I don't want to work for free for Transgaming.

Wine changed its licence to ensure that none of its code could be used in this
way. You can sell a winelib program, but not a proprietory version of Wine
useing the source code in Wine's CVS
> 
> The best hope is maybe winelib
> for porting Windows applications
> with less effort.

This is the ideal situation, but this only works for applications written in C
or C++ at least at the momment.

> 
> In all case, I continue to play
> with new releases of Wine  : )
> but it still be a toy.

Wine is a tool not a toy. Please have a look at 

http://www.winehq.com/about/index.php?why

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