UltraVNC

Howdy,

We have been happy users of UltraVNC's SingleClick for about a decade. It seems to be the only VNC choice (commercial or free) that offers such a thing.

But, unfortunately with newer versions of Windows 7 and up, we're noticing it's simply just too slow. Even when connecting to some XP ...

Well, we differ on at least one point, smu -- I don't think the license is stupid at all. The whole point is to try to guarantee access to the source code for those who receive a copy of the program. I'm actually a bit surprised it's only a 3 year requirement!

That is not quite why I called it ...

SC source is on the site.
Why including a written offer when we provide the source on the same web server ?


Because that's what happens when a stupid license like GPLv2 is picked. Just because sourceforge.net is a popular site and the source is available there, that isn't good enough.

GNU's ...

GPL say that the source must be availbale or be made available on request. It doesn not say that you must ditribute it togther with the object files.


Yes it does, that's exactly what Section "3, a" says:


3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
under Section 2) in ...

*If you bundle SC with your own non GPL package you are indeed vialating GPL.
The solution is to let your installer download SC, then your package doesn't contain GPL code ( That's also the reason why our own installer
doesn't have the drivers bundled, but offer them as seperate download)

That ...

Hi,

I believe there is a problem with the SingleClick being GPL-based. I'm wondering if the license can be changed to BSD or Public Domain, for SingleClick only (the rest is fine as GPL).

The reason why I say this, is because technically everyone who releases their singleclick.exe inside their app ...