Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] Moving to Cairo (was Ping)

["Marc Nothrop" <mnothrop@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 22/02/07, Charles Moir <CharlesM@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Carl Worth
> > Sent: 21 February 2007 00:43

> > I've even made available a version of the xaralx code that is
> > freely redistributable under the terms of the GPL alone, (no
> > additional permissions granted), as it does not include the
> > CDraw binary.
...
> More than that, because no one wants a fork, so I'd say we'd help make
> this happen in the official SVN builds. i.e. we create a branch, or just
> the modify the main version, so that it can be used with Cairo instead
> of / as well as CDraw.
...
> Yes we find this interesting and we'd support this work. It's a way of
> solving the CDraw problem in the short term until I get some definitive
> answers about its future.  It's a way to create an entirely free Xara
> Xtreme, so there'd no longer be an excuse about 'it's not free so I
> won't work  on it'. It's way in which all the Linux Distributions can
> take it without question.
>
> It's not the perfect solution, but it is a very good answer and a good
> way forward right now.
>
> Charles

This is great news -- I hope this move allows the project to build
more momentum, even if it's more politically significant than
technically.

Maybe we will see that Mac version... eventually.  : )

Good luck on the conversion.