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===== The Source Code of X2Go Components | ===== The Source Code of X2Go Components | ||
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+ | ===== X2Go libre ===== | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
===== Getting released Source Code (Tarballs) ===== | ===== Getting released Source Code (Tarballs) ===== | ||
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===== Getting released and freshly brewed Source Code (X2Go Git) ===== | ===== Getting released and freshly brewed Source Code (X2Go Git) ===== | ||
- | The latest X2Go development can be followed on [[wiki: | + | The latest X2Go development can be followed on [[wiki: |
- | ===== Licenses of X2Go ===== | + | Also, every X2Go source code release can be obtained from Git. For every release we have made there is a < |
- | ==== X2Go libre ==== | + | ===== Getting Source Code for X2Go Client or PyHoca-GUI for Microsoft Windows ===== |
- | 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. | + | Their source code is not available as tarballs. It is available under Windows-Specific tags (.e.g, 4.0.3.2-20150219-mswin) on [[wiki: |
- | ==== GPL licensed | + | The 3rd-party binaries and source code are available under x2goclient-contrib and pyhoca-contrib on on [[wiki: |
- | GNU General Public License (GPL): Originally, X2Go has been licensed | + | Older 3rd-party binaries and source code are available |
- | ==== AGPL licensed | + | ===== Building |
- | GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL): Recently, we have started switching | + | Learn how to [[wiki: |
- | 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 | + | For windows builds, see: [[ http:// |
+ | ===== Licenses of X2Go ===== | ||
- | Some X2Go components | + | ==== GPL licensed |
+ | GNU General Public License (GPL): Originally, X2Go has been licensed under the GPL (mostly GPL-2(+). | ||
- | ===== Building from sources ===== | + | ==== AGPL licensed X2Go components |
- | * [[wiki:development: | + | GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL): Recently, we have started switching to licensing of X2Go components under AGPL-3+. |
+ | 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, | ||
- | ===== Project Planning | + | ==== Other licenses |
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- | * [[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/ |