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List:       wine-devel
Subject:    Re: Hmm. Cider and the LGPL
From:       Jakob Eriksson <jakob () vmlinux ! org>
Date:       2007-08-31 12:45:37
Message-ID: 46D80D71.90602 () vmlinux ! org
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Dan Kegel wrote:
> http://www.linux-community.de/story?storyid=23294 and
> http://www.macnews.de/news/102145.html mention
> that some users are using Cider from one game
> to run a second game on the Mac.  The game vendors
> are upset, and are saying they'll do something to make
> that harder.  There is some question about whether Cider
> includes LGPL components of Wine, and whether there
> are any violations lurking there.
> I imagine our friends at Cedega would
> instinctively avoid such infringement, but accidents might
> happen.  It'll be interesting to see if anybody finds a real problem.
> - Dan
>   

Users can do whatever they want, (in most jurisdictions, even mostly the
USA)
with their binaries. But they can not then redistribute those hacked
games or
Cider binaries.


regards,
Jakob Eriksson



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