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Im pretty sure Baron-Sprite made that :-)

lol that is too funny, i especially like the part about finding the source themselves and fearing for his life.

thanks for the laughs :D

I remember first watching it, lol, cracking up. Was posted in the IRC channel a few days ago. Nyja, is that your pic as your avatar?

From Section 3 of the GPL itself, found at: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php

Quote:

You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:

a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,

b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,

c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)

The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable.

If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code.

MiniLogin isnt GPL nor is our crypto. Nor will it ever be made such. So because its not GPL, we can distribute binaries only...but guess what, Minilogin is dead!

WOOT Death to Smoochie! errr MiniLogin!

why the hell would you think it was gpl anyways, it was never open source. Thats like sending Microsoft a letter with the GPL and demanding they give you the source code to Longhorn.

What would make somebody think it might be part of the GPL?

1) Minilogin is up on Sourceforge along with the rest of the project.

2) The folders to the crypto API and login code are there in your source distro, you just empty them out when you upload it.

I also suspected it wasn't be under the GPL, but I guessed that if it wasn't someone would quickly point that out. Which they did. Not like asing M$ for Longhorn source, as Longhorn will clearly say (c) Microsoft Corp. all over it. Minilogin doesn't say a word about who owns the (c), neither when it runs nor anything in the executable's contents. Hence another reason to think it might be part of the rest of the GPL'd distro.

No we don't 'empty' the crypto and login directories, they are there just to make you cry like a little baby, only a select few have the login source. This source was made originally by solar, not part of the EQEMu project and it was kept closed source. Minilogin was developed as a convenience by Quagmire because people were complaining they didn't have the ability to setup a local server. But even if you connect to the public login servers you can setup a local server that only you can access by using the local ips. RangerDown do yourself a favor and don't think you know what you are talking about.

Ok, so Minilogin is considered a 3rd party utility then. I stand corrected.

OMFG Im so sick of listioning to everybody BITCH about minilogin this is fuckin stupid this whole PROJECT IS FREE TO EVERYONE fuck thay dont even get paid for doining any of this and when thay refuse to give you somethin you wine like little babys QUIT FOOKIN WINEING AND USE THE FREE LOGIN SERVER AND LOCK YOUR SERVER FLAG PEOPLE U WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT IF YOU CANT DO THAT LEAVE EQEMU you wont be missed NOW STFU :evil: