[Digikam-users] Picasa for Linux

[Dudas Gabor]

Daniel Bauer wrote:
> Am Freitag, 26. Mai 2006 22:01 schrieb Caulier Gilles:
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>  > Le Vendredi 26 Mai 2006 09:08 PM, wayne a écrit :
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>  > > Google has released Picasa for Linux.
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>  > > http://picasa.google.com/linux/
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>  > >
> 
>  > > Wayne
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>  >
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>  > Thisis not a real port of Picasa under linux API. It's use Wine :
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>  >
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>  > "This software uses these open source technologies: WINE, Mozilla."
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>  >
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>  > from http://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html !!!
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>  >
> 
>  > Gilles
> 
> Plus: it's extremely "unlinux":
> 
> " Picasa for Linux isn’t open source; it uses a carefully tested version 
> of Wine to run the current Windows version of Picasa. Wine itself is an 
> open-source implementation of the Windows API. It runs on top of the X 
> Window System and Linux or Unix."
> 
> (http://picasa.google.com/linux/faq.html#24)
> 
> and from http://picasa.google.com/linux/eula.html:
> 
> "You agree not to modify, adapt, translate, prepare derivative works 
> from, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise attempt to 
> derive source code from the Picasa Software"
> 
> "The Picasa Software may communicate with Google's servers to check for 
> available updates to the Picasa Software..."
> 
> "By installing the Picasa Software and not disabling the automated check 
> for Updates, you hereby agree to automatically request and receive 
> Updates from Google's servers."
> 
> "If you send a request to Google’s servers, we record standard log 
> information, including Internet Protocol addresses and information 
> related to your request. We also log information about the installation 
> process and your system and settings when you download Picasa."
> 
> Quite high costs for "free software", isn't it?
> 
> Daniel


All what I can say:

LONG LIVE TO DIGIKAM :)

Regards,
Gabor