What good is VNC's GPL?

[Erik Soderquist]

or both together... 

-----Original Message-----
From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On
Behalf Of Angelo Sarto
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 08:59
To: James Weatherall
Cc: Bob Smith; Kyle McDonald; yury "at" s-code.com;
adam.moore.scode "at" gmail.com; vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
Subject: Re: What good is VNC's GPL?

My apologies for the misinformation then, it can be pursued by *any*
copyright holder.  I guess in this case tightvnc is a derived work of
realvnc, so either one would have the option of pursuing this.

--Angelo

On Apr 5, 2005 7:48 AM, James Weatherall <jnw "at" realvnc.com> wrote:
> Angelo,
> 
> I'm afraid you are incorrect.  The copyright holders in this instance
are
> numerous and include RealVNC Ltd.  Relatively speaking, only a small
> proportion of the TightVNC codebase is actually specific to TightVNC.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
> 
> 
> > However, if this matter is a violation then the orginazation
> > that initates the action has to be the copyright holder whos
> > licensing is being violated In this case this would be the
> > tightvnc group, who can choose to ask the FSF for help if
> > necessary.
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