[Box Backup] Additional information for Volume Snapshot Service (Shadow Copy)

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Achim,

On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Achim wrote:

> Meanwhile, in a licensing discussion over at the BackupPC list, it turns 
> out (according to Leen, one of the original authors) that perhaps the 
> "SDK just includes the include and library-files the compiler needs to 
> know how to build it" [1].
>
> This would probably eliminate the issue anyway for GPL and BSD, as the 
> libraries are then part of the OS and not a separate download.

It doesn't eliminate the issue for GPL, because Microsoft's license 
explicitly forbids linking any of their code against GPL code and 
distributing the resulting binaries. However, BSD code does not fall under 
that restriction.

It's against the spirit of the GPL because it requires users to download 
and use non-free software to rebuild their free software, in addition to 
the non-free OS which they already have.

Cheers, Chris.
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