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BlackIntel => General discussion => Topic started by: LeeumDee on March 25, 2009, 07:50:13 pm

Title: X-Chat fails me?
Post by: LeeumDee on March 25, 2009, 07:50:13 pm

(http://syckaudio.com/files/images/whaaat.jpg)

whaaaat? whhhy?
Has it gone commercial? I hadn't noticed :(

Title: Re: X-Chat fails me?
Post by: MacKinsey on March 25, 2009, 08:12:54 pm

Quote from: LeeumDee on March 25, 2009, 07:50:13 pm

(http://syckaudio.com/files/images/whaaat.jpg)

whaaaat? whhhy?
Has it gone commercial? I hadn't noticed :(

My XChat shows YChat on title bar.
I think u have a fake XChat.
Its Open Source -> A commercial App isnt open source
http://silverex.org/
http://xchat.org/
helps if u want xchat

Title: Re: X-Chat fails me?
Post by: LeeumDee on March 25, 2009, 08:15:21 pm

I downloaded it from http://xchat.org

If i will, point your attention to:

http://xchat.org/windows/

.....

Title: Re: X-Chat fails me?
Post by: DKDexter999 on March 25, 2009, 08:22:50 pm

DL from www.silverex.org - it's called XChat 2, is just like X-Chat, but is free... and legal.

Title: Re: X-Chat fails me?
Post by: LeeumDee on March 25, 2009, 08:29:02 pm

Ty dex.

That always confused me. The wording at the top of the page to me seems like its just the developer of X-Chat, and directing you to the X-chat page.

Title: Re: X-Chat fails me?
Post by: StealthEye on March 25, 2009, 10:48:32 pm

The official Windows version is indeed not free. However it is open source and silverex is so kind to take the hassle of compiling it and distributing the binaries. So silverex legally distributes the official, full version for free. It's a bit of a weird construction, but iirc, X-Chat developers claim it takes extra work to compile on Windows and thus they ask money for it but their license forces them to make it free software.

Title: Re: X-Chat fails me?
Post by: Ghostshaw on March 25, 2009, 11:12:39 pm

Having tried to compile the sources I can confirm it does take extra effort on windows :P