[FreeNX-kNX] non-GPL software in NX session

[Marcelo Boveto Shima]

On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Maciej Sieczka <tutey at o2.pl> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Browsing Debian Pkg-nx-group archives I noticed a message [1] which
> suggests that using non-GPL software inside an NX session might be illegal:
>
> "I think it's illigal to use non-GPL applications like Acrobat Reader
> inside an NX-session. These non-GPL applications are using X libraries
> with GPL license. Even running OpenOfficeOrg would be wrong, because
> this is LGPL."
>
> Does this realy hold true?
>

Don't think so.

If you execute:
  $ strace -e trace=file -o "|grep -i -e nx -e libX11" xterm
  open("/usr/lib/libX11.so.6", O_RDONLY)  = 3
  stat("/var/cache/libx11/compose/", 0x7fff03460f90) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
you will see that the programs that are been executed are linked against
xorg's libX11.

The execution path seems to be:
               Program -> Xorg libX11 > nxagent > NX libX11.
License:   Whatever      MIT/X11        GPL         GPL

Shima.
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