Win32 Client port was: Re: [Box Backup] traffic statistics

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Dennis,

> When you do collect the work others have done on porting to win32,
> please post a request for coders on this list. I can't promise to
> contribute much, but I will certainly look into it. My general
> programming level is average, but my C/C++ knowledge is very low (though
> eager to learn, I cannot predict what contributions I can make).

I am an absolute amateur at C++, so I make no claims about the quality of 
my own code, nor demands on the quality of others' contributions. This is 
another good reason why I should not be allowed anywhere near the source 
of Box itself, but I hope that Ben and his strenuous testing will pick up 
any egregious mistakes that I make in Box itself. The GUI client, of 
course, comes with absolutely no warranty, not even that it won't eat your 
dinner and kill your cat. Nuff said for now :-)

> One thing though: you mention licensing reasons for the split, are there 
> plans for taking up a different license for the win32 port?

Box itself will remain Box, and under the same license. I intend to
release the source of the GUI under a GPL or similar license, to prevent
it from being stolen for commercial backup implementations. However if
others contribute code to the GUI project, and have strong views on
licensing, then I will certainly pay close attention to them.

Cheers, Chris.
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