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Source Model

The article lists Splashtop as being proprietary, but the source code for Splashtop seems to be available under the GPL here[1]. I don't know enough about the nuances of open-source to have the confidence to actually change the article, but would i be right in thinking that Splashtop isn't proprietary, if the code is available under the GPL? This might be important to note, given that Splashtop has hit the news recently over its inclusion in future ASUS motherboards (under then name "Express Gate"). Jamamala^{talk to me} 13:18, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apart some little pieces, most of the work is (L)GPL, BSD and MIT, so opensource not proprietary.

I downloaded the sources, the license file list all the packages included, sorted for licenses are.
Proprietary:

2x Adobe SW License
1x Bitstream Fonts License
1x generic free for non commercial use
1x Skype SW License

Opensource:

 1x Apache SW License
 3x BSD
 4x Dual BSD/GPL
62x GPL
21x LGPL
 1x GPL with exception
 1x Libpng free software License
12x MIT License
 2x Dual MIT/GPL
 1x Mozilla License
 1x PHP License
 1x Python License
 1x QT Open License
 1x X11 License
 1x Free86 license
 1x zlib license

Public Domain:

 2x Public domain License

Unspecified:

27x libraries

--Efa2 (talk) 14:07, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I used to write "proprietary" because it is not clear that it is open source. The page [2] maintains the confusion, I guess we need a Splashtop expert here, maybe we can post this question and mention this Wikipedia article on a non-official Splashtop-related forum. Nicolas1981 (talk) 06:01, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original Research ?

More experienced Wikipedians than I have often reverted or modified work that I've done, citing "Wikipedia is not for HOW-TO manuals" and "this is original research" ; I don't necessarily agree with these policies, but I'm surprised that this article has escaped such comment to date.

Exactly what these policies are, I'll leave to some over-focussed full time editor ; I don't much care. But I'd expect there to be some flack about this at some point in the future. Aidan Karley (talk) 20:02, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Security???

How has this article escaped any mention of security, or the possibility of vulnerabilities the streamer opens your computer to? Strength of encryption, and known weaknesses? Open source components used that may introduce vulnerabilities? If I wanted to read a marketing pitch, I could have just gone to splastop.com :( — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.148.247.20 (talk) 00:16, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Splashtop 1.0

Splashtop 1.0 is out, it's based on Meego, has a Chromium browser with Bing as the default search engine, is targeted at (and free for) end users and can be installed directly from Windows. So about everything in the article needs updating.--94.222.121.32 (talk) 20:15, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Remote and OS: Split into two articles?

I think two different articles would be better, as there is enough content, and the concepts are very different even though the products share the same prefix in their names. Nicolas1981 (talk) 09:40, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is Splashtop Remote for remote desktop application. This article can be converted into Splashtop OS (there is an OS infobox here). `a5b (talk) 21:13, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. With Splashtop OS now in "historical" status (no longer a current product), it should be covered in its own article, which should be written in the past tense. The main Splashtop article could then have a couple of sentences mentioning it, and refer the reader to the separate Splashtop OS article for more information. — Jaydiem (talk) 16:16, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Splashtop OS no longer supported

On the Splashtop Homepage the Splashtop OS and Splashtop OS ased on MeeGo pages have javascript alerts overwriting the download links with a message, that it is no longer supported. Anybody knows details? --195.49.138.57 (talk) 03:08, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Advertising

I found the article to be very promotional to its subject, which is not tolerated in Wikipedia. The promotional tone applies to the majority of the text. The tone covers awards, usage statistics, and features that are explained in a non-neutral matter. Ctempire (talk) 23:16, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

update page

hin please can we update the infobox and some information to tell about the company and move the infobox to company. and create Splashtop streamer. Paladox2017 (talk) 14:11, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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