[cad-linux] Re: lx-viewer & DWF
- From: "Brian Johnson" <bjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:31:48 +0000
I don't know what is going on here - but I think this is the only time Autodesk
has
shown any interest in Linux
Any chance this may indicate future versions of Acad for our favorite OS?
How long have you been monitoring this list? You may have noticed that some of
us
have had some luck with Wine based CAD systems - but not with AutoCAD and not
without some performance issues
lee.harding@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote*:
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>I'm no lawyer either, but I thought that GPL'd apps need only distribute the
>source
code derived from GPL'd components (i.e. code writen by the author, but not the
code of other components used by the author). If it's unclear, that's a problem
anyway I guess.
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>I'll look into it more.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeffrey McGrew [mailto:JMcGrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: September 10, 2002 11:09 AM
>To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [cad-linux] Re: lx-viewer & DWF
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>> I noticed that there are no DWF viewers for Linux, and was=20
>> wondering why. Is there something I can do to help with that?
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>Probably because of the licensing you mention below. A lot of tools for =
>Linux use GPL code. This means that they have to be able to distribute =
>the code of the DWF viewer if they use any pre-existing GPL code, so =
>that would step on the toes of the AutoDesk license that doesn't allow =
>that. A DWF viewer for Linux would need to use non-GPL code, like some =
>of the other licenses that allow open & closed code to co-exist, or be =
>written from scratch. This is a lot more work that using pre-existing =
>GPL code, so it's unlikely that someone, in there spare time, would =
>write one unless they really needed it or if there was money in it for =
>them.=20
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>This a good example of why the GPL doesn't always lead to development of =
>a piece of software; the GPL is a great thing, but being a software =
>license it is still restrictive in some way. I'm not bashing the GPL, I =
>love it and it's reprocusions, I'm just stating what I think.
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>Keep in mind that this is just my 2 cents, and I'm by no means a GPL =
>expert, lawyer, or Linux expert, so your mileage may vary and you'll =
>want to talk to other people too.
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>Jeffrey McGrew=20
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