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Basic i only told Philip White that he need to be patient.
Not that the code is closed, his second mail just came at a bad time.
Searching 4 hours for a bug without finding anything don't make you happy.

Lenikin, don't be that hard.
He has the right for asking the code, i only didn't like the way.
Offering help to integrate SC in the current RC19 tree
would have been a faster way then complaining about GPL.

James, GPL is not the Holy Grail but a manner of making nice software together.
GPL is never intent to block development, but to improve it.
Answers.

**"Otherwise people would copy the way a GPL function worked
but format it in their own style and then claim copyright, which is clearly
nonsense!"**
You can, GPL does not cover the functionality of a function nor does it
implement the functionality of a program.  Even for commercial programs
you can not claim that you own the functionalty.
SOFTWARE PATENTS DOES NOT EXIST
European law thanks http://thankpoland.info/

**"The combined installer is clearly a "derived work"
in that it contains GPL code, whereas separate installers could be placed on
the same CD or website and that would be "mere aggregation" and not cause
the GPL to apply to the other installers, for example"**

I disagree, a combined installer is an aggregation and not a derived work.
A combined work need be linked, static/dynamic via share memory ,what is clearly
not the case for an installer. You can not find any functionality from vnc in the installer.
Check "combined product"
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MereAggregation

For the repeater, i never claimed it would not be released as GPL.
I only wanted to make a point that "if i replace the used functions
from connect.c" i can do what i want with the code. Possible this is
done in V1.02 and GPL license replaced by BSD or something else.



Now i spend some time again on this issue, instead of bug fixing.
1 day longer for preparing the code.

This is my personal opinion, not the UltraVnc Team
members opinion.
Rudi De Vos



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