In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
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The whole situation is a mess and it is only the users who are losing out.
No, that is not the case. The users have gained by having a stable
system that is being developed in a coherent manner. Peter could be part
if that if he chooses and he could become a reseller - he had the offer
- and then sell it at cost so making it, if effect, free.
If Peter is unwilling to allow the majority of QL users have access to his
code, then so be it - we will just have to accept that situation and move
on. Most people seem perfectly happy with SMSQ/e and how it is now
and the way in which changes are managed and released.
This is, in fact, what most of them have told me.
Most people
are ignorant of why Peter and others want SMSQ/e to be under GPL and
also what changes this would actually bring. To tell the truth, I would bet
most people simply do not care, so long as SMSQ/e continues to be
developed and released for the good of the QL community.
Enough of the bickering.
I agree. I just wanted to point out that, after months of peace on the
subject Peter pops up and dangles a mythical carrot and starts everyone
off again.
If a programmer wants to release his hard work for only a small percentage
of the QL community, then so be it. It's just a shame that very few people
will ever see the benefits of his work.
True. And no reason at all why he should not give it away free as a
module which can be bolted on to SMSQ/E. Did I say no reason?
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