On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 12:50:50 -0500, Robert J. Hansen stated: > On 12/25/2013 7:49 AM, Alice Bob wrote: > > It is closed source, unlimited trialware. > > (a) If you're asking people to provide feedback and bug reports for > closed-source software, you're asking people to help you make a buck > without giving them much of anything in return. I find that > unethical. I don't find closed-source software unethical, mind you, > but if you're going to write closed-source software then, IMO, you > need to take responsibility for doing SQA without community > assistance. > > (b) Without source, there's no way I will trust it. > > (c) The web page asks, "Can I trust you?", and you answer it with > "YES!". Sorry, but no. The only correct answer to "Can I trust you?" > is, "You need to figure that out for yourself." In my experience, > people who answer that question "yes" are usually deeply > untrustworthy. > > (d) As a closed-source product, this should not be advocated on > GnuPG-Users. GnuPG is a GNU project, and they have some quite serious > philosophical beliefs about the moral evils of closed-source software. > Let's respect the GNU position by not advocating closed-source > software on this list.
I certainly don't want to start a flame war here; however, if you are so unequivocally anti proprietary software, then why do you even allow a version of your product to be created that will run on it. That is certainly not a consistent approach. -- Jerry _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users