----- Original Message ----- From: "Jose Da Silva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <aspell-devel@gnu.org> Cc: "Gary Setter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [aspell-devel] VC6 and BCB5.5 patches
> On Thursday 24 February 2005 06:17 am, Gary Setter wrote: > > <snip> > > > >>> Fact is there are lots of ordinary people who > >>> have to do projects based on decisions others make for them, > >>> and if it comes down that .NET support is required, there is > >>> nothing they can do. > >> > >> Yes, there is little point in working on a project that is > >> moving in the wrong direction. If everyone is using .NET, > >> and you can't make it work, then you are moving away from > >> the majority and nobody is going to be able to use > >> what you have. However, if you choose your terms/commands > >> carefully, you could get things to work without having to resort > >> to specific special commands. For example, gcc has moved up to 3.x, > >> yet Kevin is trying to maintain 2.95 compatibility for as long as > >> possible to keep it compatible across the biggest range possible. > > > > You do recognize that some people would consider feeding > > themselves and their family reason enough to comply with a > > demand for .NET support? > > You appear to come short on saying it out loud, but since you bring > it up again, I am going to guess that someone is willing to pay you > to put in .NET support. > Congratulations. Wrong, I just recieved an e-mail from a user. There is no money in this for me. I'm interested because I would learn something. > > You don't have to support anything you don't want to support. > > I'm just saying not everyone has that luxury. > > That was very short-sighted. > Not only to me, but highly likely to many people as well. > Not only are you assuming nobody else have themselves or families > to feed or worry about, but you are assuming we all have abundant > amounts of luxury and time too. > Thank you. > Thank you very much. non sequitur. Truely, I don't know how you support yourself. When I say "you don't have to" I mean you have the right to reject OLE componant support (which is really what I'm talking about). I claim the freedom to bring up the question. I ask that you receive the question of OLE componant support in the spirit it was asked. > >>> If .NET is not compatible with the LGNU, then I can > >>> understand that providing .NET support would be like > >>> aiding and abetting a violation of the LGNU license. Bummer. > > It is a Bummer, but the people who have contributed under GNU > or LGNU contributed because they knew that their code would > continue to be GNU or LGNU. > Since GNU and Linux is getting the attention of Microsoft, you will > most likely want to read the .NET license as well because it may > have similar complaints which may not allow you to pull .NET > commands or terms into GNU. > Frankly, I don't think things would go as far as they have if say this > was a BSD license or another type of license. In other words, you > probably would not be asking these questions about adding .NET > support because Aspell probably wouldn't be as advanced as it is > now thanks to the GNU/LGNU licenses. > > > <snip> > > > I'm not sure I follow what you're proposing. Can you explain? > > Read the 2nd-half of the 2nd paragraph at the top of this message. _______________________________________________ Aspell-devel mailing list Aspell-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/aspell-devel
