I'm flabbergasted : disregarding the GPL to protect the GPL ?
How novel..
Really, really misguided, and it showcases a prevalent undercurrent with
some of our members, who think the GPL means something else than it really
does : when something is done that doesn't sit right with their vision of
the GPL, they sneakily delete content from cvs (been done before with
aircraft functionality, leaving them broken in my local copy without
warning)
No one has a say in how GPLed software or data is used as long as it's in
compliance with the license, no matter how distasteful it might be to one's
sense of propriety.
Trying to get around that, is a breach of the GPL, period.
Funny when the same people who do this kind of stuff, also think the GPL is
just fine for data, code, etc. as long as people abide by their vision of
the GPL.
There is no personal vision involved : it's a license, and quite clear to
boot as license goes. You either comply or you don't.
This is not complying.
Please roll that back, if the original author won't.
Thank you,
Nic
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Erik Hofman <e...@ehofman.com> wrote:
> Bertrand Coconnier wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am bit taken aback by this commit. Is it really where the Flight
> > Gear community wants to go ?
> >
> > As far as I understand the GPL, it is legal to rename an application
> > as long as the renamed application is still under GPL. So what is this
> > commit intended for ? Furthermore, do you honestly think that such a
> > simple trick has any chance to work ? And most importantly, under what
> > authority are we allowed to claim that a renamed copy of Flight Gear
> > is an "Invalid version" ?
>
> To be honest, I don't like it very much either.
>
> Erik
>
>
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