Bill Page wrote:
>
> On 31 December 2014 at 22:06, Waldek Hebisch <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On 24 December 2014 at 20:31, Eugene Surowitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > Ralf is only telling it as it is,
> >> > but I wish I could be even as pessimistic as him.
> >> >
> > Bill Page wrote:
> >>
> >> I am definitely not as pessimistic as either of you!
> >>
> >> > This is a crisis disguised as another documentation squabble.
> >> ...
> > Open source projects have two aspects, technical and community.
> > I think that on the technical part FriCAS is doing quite well.
> > But on community level we have crisis: FriCAS community is
> > small and Ralf was always active member of the community.
> >
>
> Yes. Actually the situation seems quite clear: Ralf would like more
> control over the FriCAS project.
Maybe.
> The questions is: Are you prepared
> to give it to him? Of course that could mean some compromises such as
> more comments in source code and inclusion of GPL-licensed components.
> It would then be up to Ralf to show how these changes benefit the
> FriCAS project.
My policy was that comments are as author of the code wants
them to be. Rationale for this policy is simple:
- normally the author is the person who will fix problems, so
his/her needs should take precedence
- it cuts various bikesheading discussions
I am not sure what you or Ralf would propose, but it seem hard
to find better rule.
Concerning GPL, we have GPL-ed component now (efricas). But
due to nature of GPL a single GPL-ed component in main part
of FriCAS effectively means that the whole project becomes
GPL. So this is not about GPL-ed components, it is about
licence of the whole project.
--
Waldek Hebisch
[email protected]
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