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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373">> That means that if we had been LGPL and they wanted to keep Install Shield </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> stuff proprietary then they would have had to reimplement everything or at </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> least a good portion of what you did. However they would not have been </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> required to have implemented the whole DLL, just the parts that they want </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> to replace with their proprietary versions. They can also mix and match. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> For example, for some functions they could release a patch back to wine. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> But for functions which they rewrote completely they could under the LGPL </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> distribute it binary only. This is still better than the current </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> situation where they can do whatever the hell they want. That is all I am </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> saying.</FONT></PRE>
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I believe, at least from a laymans perspective just having gone through 60 + messages that the above statement makes alot of sense from several angles......it seems to make sense because then what ,-everyone is 'compensated' yes ? , ie: everyone can live with it and to those that abuse it...'live with yourself' to whatever end that suits you.
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I am here because of 'linux' and its open-source model/comradry. I am not here to run ( no dis-respect meant whatsoever to various software models that have been mandatory for some business's ) something that requires me to install a M$ product as a workaround,- but then again I have that option not having huge requirements as a basic end-user/sm business.
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It is all fairly complex and I do 'not' pretend to understand all the various pro/cons but whatever is done I'd hope its in the best interest of wine/linux as without which, I'd not be as productive as I am.
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lee
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