Dear Charles Marcus what kind of discussion are you doing ?. Did you never use linux ? Well it's free and open source such as assp ; so all the billions software taking advantage of free linux , cannot sell their software because it run on Linux which is free and open source ?!?!?!?... blah..
> Graziano wrote: > >> Dear Charles Marcus >> >>> Ummm... if your script changes the way ASSP works (enables it to >>> handle per domain and per user settings for many of the functions) >>> - then I am at a loss as to how it 'has NOTHING to do with the assp >>> project'... >>> > > >> There is nothing to change on assp. ASSP already(!) permits to use >> all filters per domain (yes per domain) with spamlover. It's enough a >> script which list user domain name, and an enable/disable button. >> Enable remove the domain from the spamlover flat file filter (for >> example file:helo_spamlover), disable add the @domain to a spamlover >> flat file. Then per domain, I added a log button near each domain, >> which simply execute a tail maillog (for that domain). My scripts >> are only a way to manage the spamlover flat files for each filter! >> So they are really independent from assp, I didn't touch a single >> line of assp . The most difficult thing was instead to create a >> script to extract all email from a cpanel server and put them on >> local file. I was able to create it and it executes about 1000/email >> each 0.5 sec. It's so fast that I can execute it every 30 minutes, >> so the local email list is always updated. I decided to not share >> these scripts also because these will work only on a server managed >> by Cpanel. (also if the idea could be used with any other linux or >> windows hosting control panel) >> > > And here is the problem... > > Your script would be USELESS without ASSP. It does not MATTER that your > script doesn't actually modify any of the core ASSP code. Without ASSP, > what exactly would it do? NOTHING. Yet you take ASSP, and use it, FOR > FREE, with FREE SUPPORT, direct from the developer(s) who have been > putting their sweat into it for many long hours, days, weeks and months > (and even YEARS) - then write what sounds like some really great 'extra' > for it, and then have the audacity to come to the support list, ask for > help with a problem you are having, and in your response, mention your > neat script that does something really cool that might be a basis for > adding some excellent functionality to the core ASSP code, but when > someone becomes interested in what you have done, you respond that you > don't want to share it with others, and instead are thinking of CHARGING > for it! > > I have no problem with closed source software - but what you are doing > is just plain ugly, and completely disrespects Fritz's and everyone > else's hard work they have put into ASSP. > > Just my .02 clad coins worth... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
