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Re: [BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync
2008-11-19 21:36:58
the rync algorythm is actually part of the GPL code released by Andrew Tridgell.
Like I said, GPL is viral. Tridgell released this algorythm as a part of rsync undel GPL so use of the exact algorythm requires a GPL license.
You may reverse engineer the functionality but you cannot use the algoryth, just a work-alike.
If you have even looked at the code for rsync, you will likely be infringing on the GPL if you license this anything but GPL.
I am not some GPL nazi, I am just making this point.
You might run into some other problems if using GPL code in a C# environment if you are using shared libraries that are not GPL.
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:06 PM, dtktvu <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com> wrote:
We don't use rsync source code, but just the algorithms and interface to create the port (with some helps based on Kolosy's version). That's why it's still being discussed whether it should be open source or commercial...
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