Re: [rdesktop-devel] [rdesktop-users] Kickstarting the rdesktop project

[Marc-André M. <mar...@gm...>]

Hi FreeRDP and rdesktop developers,

I just wanted to add that me and Peter have started discussing in private
possible ways of improving our collaboration, so that we can end conflicts
and move forward. We are both open for collaboration, and looking for ways
to improve things for the better. No decision has been taken yet, but I just
wanted to let you know that we're making progress.

Since we're both open for collaboration, I see no point in continuing to
fight. I would much prefer to find a common agreement that would satisfy
both projects. I think there has been various disagreements and
misunderstandings, many mistakes have been made by various people, leading
to this, but that we can work together towards a better future.

Best regards,
- Marc-Andre

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Peter Åstrand <as...@ce...> wrote:

>
> We have trimmed down the member list of the rdesktop SF project and
> removed inactive developers. If you feel that you have been removed
> incorrectly, just contact me.
>
> Regards,
> Peter Åstrand
>
> On Tue, 12 Apr 2011, Peter Åstrand wrote:
>
>
>> 10 years ago, the rdesktop project moved to Sourceforge. Shortly
>> thereafter, the different versions were merged, the community grew,
>> and the development picked up speed. Lately, however, development has
>> stalled. The project has failed to recruit new developers and
>> contributions have not been integrated quickly enough.
>>
>> Therefore, we are attempting a "kickstart" of the rdesktop
>> project. Cendio is taking over the maintainership. We will do a new
>> release, try to integrate patches, and seek new developers. Long-term,
>> however, we believe that it would be even better if a maintainer
>> outside Cendio could be found. We believe that an Open Source
>> community gains from having developers and users from many different
>> organizations, countries and cultures. If you are interested in
>> contributing to rdesktop in any way, just contact me.
>>
>> Another project called FreeRDP created a "fork" of rdesktop 2 years
>> ago. We believe that an additional open RDP implementation is positive
>> both for the RDP and Open Source community in general. Today, the
>> ambitions of the FreeRDP project are somewhat different from the
>> rdesktop project. For example, they have a slightly different feature
>> set, and a different licensing perspective. We believe that the GPL
>> license is still well suited for the rdesktop project today. We hope
>> that closer cooperation between the two projects may take place in the
>> future.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Peter Åstrand, Cendio AB
>>
>> On behalf of:
>> Matt Chapman, original rdesktop author
>> Pierre Ossman, Cendio AB
>> Henrik Andersson, Cendio AB
>>
>
>
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