From: John Bradley To: "L. Gabriel Somlo" Subject: RE: May I submit xv + jumbo patches to Livna ? Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:49:55 -0500 Glad to hear that xv is still of use to someone. :) One of the nice features of "never updated" software is that (eventually) all the more obvious bugs get patched -- and the program, while primitive by today's standards, probably *screams*. (It ran pretty well on computers that were 10-100 times slower than today's hardware.) New features? Pah! Who needs 'em?!? :D Yes, please, go ahead, patch it as needed and distribute it anywhere you think is appropriate. (I no longer follow the Unix/Linux 'scene', so I defer to your judgement on that.) --jhb ------------------------------------------------------------------ Enjoy the moderately-entertaining and never-updated World of XV: http://www.trilon.com/xv ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -----Original Message----- > From: L. Gabriel Somlo [mailto:somlo@cmu.edu] > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 10:10 PM > To: bradley@cis.upenn.edu > Cc: xv@trilon.com; kirchh@trilon.com; newt@pobox.com > Subject: May I submit xv + jumbo patches to Livna ? > > > Mr. Bradley, > > I am a huge fan of your xv program, and have been using > it on my home Linux box to view images such as family > photos for over 10 years. > > I adamantly refuse to use other alternatives included by > default with with my linux distribution (Fedora), mainly > because of the nice and intuitive interface that xv offers. > > I am writing to you because I would like to submit xv to > the Livna repository (soon to merge with RPMfusion). > Livna (rpm.livna.org) is a repository of packages built for > Fedora, but which could not be directly included into Fedora > for various reasons (such as a non-opensource license). > > I believe adding xv to Livna would be mostly consistent with > the spirit of your license: non-commercial distribution, not > bundled with any other product (Livna is a repository of > various software packages for Fedora, and does not sell or > otherwise distribute CDs containing multiple packages). > > The only potential issue is that I would like to apply > Greg Roelofs' jumbo patches available from > > http://sonic.net/~roelofs/greg_xv.html > > making the resulting build a "modified" version according > to a strict interpretation of the license. > > I would like to have your blessing to proceed with this > endeavor. I believe the end result to be in everyone's > mutual interest, as a wider-scale distribution of xv will > generate a wider pool of users who might potentially > purchase a commercial license. > > Sincerely, > > Gabriel Somlo > > PS. The not-yet-submitted source RPM file can be found at > http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~somlo/ > for your perusal.