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> they're really working to make it attractive to open source developers How so? The separate proprietary and open source versions have been around before the
by Sephr 16y ago
> they're really working to make it attractive to open source developers
How so? The separate proprietary and open source versions have been around before the Oracle acquisition. Oracle hasn't done anything to make it more attractive to open source developers.
- JshWright 16y agoThere aren't separate versions anymore. There is one GPLv2 application, and the 'extra' closed source functionality (USB 2.0, VRDP, and Intel PXE) has been split out into a separate 'extension pack.' The extension pack architecture makes it much easier for 3rd party developers to replace the "missing" functionality (a fair amount of work has gone into the API (especially for VRDP-related hooks) to make it much easier for 3rd party developers to do this). Rather than one binary blob, the extension pack uses a fairly well documented set of interfaces.
- Sephr 16y agoAh, thanks. That makes sense.