[Bug 457279] Review Request: cerebro - Cerebro provides mesh network services and presence information

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--- Comment #11 from Polychronis Ypodimatopoulos <ypod at mit.edu>  2008-08-23 23:21:57 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> >cerebro is a service, not an application and as such it requires root
> >privileges to execute. Chief among the reasons for elevated privileges is the
> >use of raw sockets and the attachment to org.laptop.cerebro dbus interface.
> 
> Yes, I know -- my point is, it should respond in a sane way for whatever user
> does.

I completely agree. Cerebro has received extensive network testing but this is
a good exercise to make it usable also. I do not claim to be an expert in
packaging or addressing a large user audience, so any suggestions are greatly
appreciated.

> 
> 
> >> [!] License -- License seems to be GPLv2+ as I can check from COPYING & src 
> 
> 
> >Huh? what is wrong with GPLv2+ ?
> 
> Spec says: GPLv3+ which is wrong.

I see. Is it a problem if while demjson.py is GPLv3+ while the rest is GPLv2+ ?

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