From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D01W9-00031P-5v for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:57:17 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D01Vw-0002vG-86 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:57:05 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D01Vt-0002uX-Ju for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:57:01 -0500 Received: from [83.133.48.170] (helo=dd5816.kasserver.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D01Du-00048V-NJ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:38:27 -0500 Received: from [10.0.0.100] (pD9EB078D.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.235.7.141]) by dd5816.kasserver.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D31D61CBA30 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:29:36 +0100 (CET) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) In-Reply-To: <92ca7a0de3772599b8b0b0e4e53973c9@teleline.es> References: <420BEEB7.1010906@bellard.org> <92ca7a0de3772599b8b0b0e4e53973c9@teleline.es> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Message-Id: <653df022dd8bd6dfb6c4747c4af0a9bb@cordney.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Korthaus?= Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Re: The QEMU Accelerator Module Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:29:35 +0100 Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Am 12.02.2005 um 17:19 schrieb Natalia Portillo: > Hi, > > I think that this whole discussion has gone to a completely stupid=20 > fashion. > > Fabrice is a great programmer and QEMU is a VERY great project. > > KQEMU is a great idea that speed up things a lot. > > Just think if KQEMU is released in BSD or LPGL license like rest of=20 > qemu... > > They are right now a lot of "super emulators" being sold (like=20 > iEmulator) that use QEMU (and like the named one, without crediting=20 > it) This comparison lacks a bit of knowledge about the license that QemuX=20 is published with. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/GPL/2.0/. > and nor Fabrice nor other QEMU collaborators see money from that,=20 > like the WinZip program that is nothing but a commercial GUI for the=20= > Info-ZIP compression library. I don't see any money from that, too. Of course if if ever get=20 donations I will pass something to Fabrice, but my software is far away=20= from being worth a donation ;-). Fabrice could at least stop this=20 iEmulator thing by telling them to follow GPL/LGPL and publishing=20 sources for their qemu version. > > Just imagine what will happen if someone takes KQEMU makes a dirty GUI=20= > and sells it. Just like the VMWare cost... Image how much could=20 > someone get from KQEMU just investing 5 minutes in a RAD enviroment,=20= > selling it and leaving Fabrice with NOTHING. I must agree to Jean-Christian on that point, a GUI is not programmed=20 in 5 minutes and all that qemu can earn for a GUI is publicity. > > I think that the current Fabrice's movement is the correct one and I=20= > hope that a company will sponsor not only the KQEMU but the whole QEMU=20= > project as is the BEST and MOST COMPLETE non-old computer emulator,=20 > and also, its fast, and it's worth it. > > There are a lot of companies interested in open source projects, like=20= > Novell, IBM, Apple, did anyone tried to contact them? > > Regards, > Natalia Portillo > > P.S.: Anand I think that your action of complaining Savannah could=20 > "hurt" (sorry I don't know the exact word) Fabrice and is based on=20 > another person's words, and is more a child's action than one from an=20= > adult. You should just have let Fabrice to see that he was breaking=20 > Savannah's rules. > P.S.2: Fabrice if you need a CVS server I offer my modest server. > > These are my 2 eurocents ;) > > El 12/02/2005, a las 6:14, Anand Kumria escribi=F3: > >> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 03:01:53 +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Anand Kumria wrote: >>> >>>> Is it really fair to distribute a proprietary module from a free >>>> software source code repository? >>> >>> Is it really fair to expect others to work for nothing at all? >>> >> >> Are you actually this stupid? >> >> Or is it that English isn't you native language and you've missed the >> subtle point that qemu is breaking the rules of savannah by=20 >> distributing a >> binary module? >> >> I was trying to be polite and subtle about it so that Fabrice could >> consider his options and make a considered cautious move. >> >> Anyway, because of your response, I've complained to the savannah >> administrators. >> >> No thanks to you. >> >> Anand >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qemu-devel mailing list >> Qemu-devel@nongnu.org >> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel >