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

[Rick Price]

I don't represent a commercial backup interest, but why are you worried
about a commerical venture using it?

The larger the market, the better for software, because it will attract
more users and third party plugins.

The BSD license gives users more options, which really, is what it should
be about.

Anyway, that's my opinion.


BTW what language are you programming the GUI in?

Rick


On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Chris Wilson wrote:

> 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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