Re: [rdesktop-users] Kickstarting the rdesktop project

We have trimmed down the member list of the rdesktop SF project and
removed inactive developers. If you feel that you have been removed
incorrectly, just contact me.

Regards,
Peter Åstrand

On Tue, 12 Apr 2011, Peter Åstrand wrote:

>
> 10 years ago, the rdesktop project moved to Sourceforge. Shortly
> thereafter, the different versions were merged, the community grew,
> and the development picked up speed. Lately, however, development has
> stalled. The project has failed to recruit new developers and
> contributions have not been integrated quickly enough.
>
> Therefore, we are attempting a "kickstart" of the rdesktop
> project. Cendio is taking over the maintainership. We will do a new
> release, try to integrate patches, and seek new developers. Long-term,
> however, we believe that it would be even better if a maintainer
> outside Cendio could be found. We believe that an Open Source
> community gains from having developers and users from many different
> organizations, countries and cultures. If you are interested in
> contributing to rdesktop in any way, just contact me.
>
> Another project called FreeRDP created a "fork" of rdesktop 2 years
> ago. We believe that an additional open RDP implementation is positive
> both for the RDP and Open Source community in general. Today, the
> ambitions of the FreeRDP project are somewhat different from the
> rdesktop project. For example, they have a slightly different feature
> set, and a different licensing perspective. We believe that the GPL
> license is still well suited for the rdesktop project today. We hope
> that closer cooperation between the two projects may take place in the
> future.
>
> Regards,
> Peter Åstrand, Cendio AB
>
> On behalf of:
> Matt Chapman, original rdesktop author
> Pierre Ossman, Cendio AB
> Henrik Andersson, Cendio AB


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Cendio AB		http://www.cendio.com
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