"written from scratch", though it does contain xscreensaver code written by jwz ... and with a copyright changed from BSD to GPL - https://github.com/linuxmint/

"written from scratch", though it does contain xscreensaver code written by jwz ... and with a copyright changed from BSD to GPL - https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/blob/master/libcscreensaver/cs-auth-pam.c https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/blob/maste... . The commit is at https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/commit/38a626d1a3c64736f0acfe22b39aaefbf1c206f4#diff-1d211bb7f7cb77bfcb4484f9f330462ec846935764870a1f6c8c840f3c26e14b https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/commit/38a... where mtwebster writes: > We'll use the old screensaver auth code instead - this ports gs-auth-pam.c and gs-auth.h from the old screensaver,