[Pardon me, Peter, for more shooting from the hip...] --- "Andreas L. Delmelle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --nor should FOP developers even > > be looking at its internals. Matter of simple > > integrity. > > I think this is a bit over the top. Suppose that > tomorrow, someone gets > fired at RX or AH, and this ex-employee decides to > share some ideas with us. > Are we really going to tell him to take a hike??
Yes, indeed, of course. I don't know the difference between US and European laws here--but most companies do not allow you to share competitive information learned from one company to the next. So in the case of a disgruntled employee fired at RX or AH deciding to unload that company's source code with us--we're to stay clear away from it--have nothing to do with the code or with him. > Just because of simple > integrity? I appear to value it more than you. In America, your integrity/character defines you, it's the beginning of your essence. Integrity is also something that can't be taught or fixed, a very important point in business--I've learned that once I detect problems with a person's integrity, best to minimize interaction with that individual. > (Suppose that, before we find out, he has > already submitted a few > patches that have been applied. Would we undo all of > these patches, because > of 'simple integrity'?) Indeed. Of course. In a heartbeat. > > It's --should I add: of course ?- not the intention > to copy anything, just > gather some ideas. > Close enough to be the same thing--and it doesn't reflect very well on you for you to try to make such a distinction. Keep in mind, Andreas, Apache Geronimo is already running into headaches, apparently including complaints on "architectural similarities": http://incubator.apache.org/projects/geronimo/20031031_jboss.pdf > > My point exactly: how are we going to make sure of > that if we're not even > meant to look at their internals? (Who knows, maybe > it's 0.000047% > already... If nobody has looked at their code, then it is 0%--anything else is coincidence. > > Are you by any chance familiar with (--Picasso's, I > think...): > "Bad artists copy, good artists --steal." > Thankfully, no. Glen __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
