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===== The Source Code of X2Go Components | ===== The Source Code of X2Go Components | ||
- | ===== Licenses of X2Go ===== | + | ===== X2Go libre ===== |
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- | ==== X2Go libre ==== | + | |
X2Go is free software. Thus, we share the source code of X2Go with everyone and you are allowed to share the code with others, modify the code and also share the modified code with others. There are no limitations in using X2Go. X2Go is free (as in liberty) and will always be. This is our promise to the X2Go user community. | X2Go is free software. Thus, we share the source code of X2Go with everyone and you are allowed to share the code with others, modify the code and also share the modified code with others. There are no limitations in using X2Go. X2Go is free (as in liberty) and will always be. This is our promise to the X2Go user community. | ||
- | ==== GPL licensed components | + | ===== Getting released Source Code (Tarballs) ===== |
- | GNU General Public License (GPL): Originally, | + | Download released |
- | ==== AGPL licensed components | + | ===== Getting released and freshly brewed Source Code (X2Go Git) ===== |
- | GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL): Recently, we have started switching to licensing of X2Go components under AGPL-3+. | + | The latest X2Go development can be followed on [[wiki:development: |
- | The difference of the AGPL license compared to the GPL license is: If you offer modified versions of X2Go components as a service on the internet, then the source code of your modified version must be downloadable by the user who is using your service. Furthermore, | + | Also, every X2Go source code release can be obtained from Git. For every release we have made there is a < |
+ | ===== Building X2Go from Source Code ===== | ||
- | ==== Other licenses ==== | + | Learn how to [[wiki: |
- | Some X2Go components are licensed under some other license (MIT X11, BSD, etc.). Normally, they are less restrictive then the GPL or AGPL. So, when using/ | ||
+ | ===== Licenses of X2Go ===== | ||
- | ===== Building from sources ===== | + | ==== GPL licensed X2Go components |
- | * [[wiki:development: | + | GNU General Public License (GPL): Originally, X2Go has been licensed under the GPL (mostly GPL-2(+). |
- | ===== Git access | + | ==== AGPL licensed X2Go components |
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+ | GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL): Recently, we have started switching to licensing of X2Go components under AGPL-3+. | ||
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+ | The difference of the AGPL license compared to the GPL license is: If you offer modified versions of X2Go components as a service on the internet, then the source code of your modified version must be downloadable by the user who is using your service. Furthermore, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Other licenses | ||
- | * [[wiki: | + | Some X2Go components are licensed under some other license (MIT X11, BSD, etc.). Normally, these licenses are less restrictive then the GPL or AGPL. So, when using/deploying/modifying X2Go please make sure you meet the requirements of GPL/AGPL. |
- | * [[wiki: | + | |
- | ===== Source Tarballs ===== | ||
- | * http:// | ||
- | ===== Project Planning ===== | ||
- | * [[wiki: | ||