Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:14:24 -0400, Daniel Keep > <[email protected]> wrote: > > ...
To succinctly reply to the majority of your post: thanks for responding. :) I understand your position, and sympathise. The whole situation is ridiculous (not merely the current developments). But with the combination of Walter's fear of IP issues and Tango's licensing situation, I suppose something like this was inevitable. Personally, I just hope that there are enough bridges left standing after this to get the mess sorted out. >> As far as I can see, most of what's happened since then has been a >> massive overreaction. > > Is it? How about you write a really cool piece of code and then try to > contribute it only to find that Tango or Walter has mild concerns about > it's legitimacy. How would you feel if Tango suggested you might have > stolen their code? > > -Steve I won't discuss the details, but I *have* been accused of ripping off someone else's code. It was particularly hurtful given that my code was written entirely separately without ever having even used, let alone seen, the other person's code. The accusation was based, literally, on the name of a single function. And yeah, it really upset me to be called, more or less, of being a cheat and a liar. But I didn't copy from them, and I knew that the accusation was baseless. Rather than throw away my code, I double-checked that there was nothing that could be reasonably seen to be copied and moved on.
