Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. Summary: Review Request: rss-glx -- Really Slick Screensavers https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90133 ------- Additional Comments From nphilipp@xxxxxxxxxx 2006-03-14 05:41 EST ------- Jamie, I still don't buy your line of reasoning. - The same http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl-faq.html#MereAggregation that you quoted says: """ By contrast, pipes, sockets and command-line arguments are communication mechanisms normally used between two separate programs. So when they are used for communication, the modules normally are separate programs. But if the semantics of the communication are intimate enough, exchanging complex internal data structures, that too could be a basis to consider the two parts as combined into a larger program. """ All that xscreensaver, gnome-screensaver or KDE do is run the program implementing the hack, so the "semantics of the communication" are pretty much non-existent (not to mention far from exhibiting complex internal structures). - Running the hack itself on the whole screen would cause it to act as a "screensaver" without any involvement of xscreensaver/... themselves. - From the GPLv2: """ Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not restricted, [...] """ - Following your line of reasoning, xscreensaver couldn't include hacks that use screen contents as they may display programs that are distributed under a non-compatible license. This is clearly nonsensical. - rss-glx can be used either standalone or in conjunction with one or more of xscreensaver, gnome-screensaver, KDE, whatever else that can run an external program to decorate a locked screen. Reaction to non-activity of the user, locking the screen and decorating it are completely separate tasks. This voids the notion that either rss-glx (which implements decoration) or xscreensaver (which implements reaction on non-action as well as locking) would somehow be derivatives of each other. In conclusion, I would say that there is no licensing issue between rss-glx and xscreensaver as they don't need to be compatibly licensed. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact. -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
