Etienne Gagnon wrote:
Hi Leo,
Leo Simons wrote:
Thanks for your clarifications! Since Geir has informed me that some
of the conversation related to this issue is currently also proceeding
outside of the public forum (I must say I personally find that a shame
-- all of the open source community can learn from things like this if
the discussion happens in public), I'll respect the desire for a little
privacy and refrain from commenting further here, below, except to note
that,
While it is not my objective to eliminate transparency from the
discussion, I really felt that it would be much easier to work out a
solution in private, where I don't feel the pressure of hundreds of eyes
reading each of my words, specially that the heat is on me, as the SVN
access to JCHEVM has been blocked.
It is much easier to discuss calmly with somebody that won't jump at
every sentence I miswrote, and that will try to figure out why I am
making a claim, what my claim is, and how it can all be resolved
peacefully. Even though most people on this list are trying to do the
same, it can only feel different, as it is intimidating to be "one" to
answer to "many" people's questions.
Etienne,
that is understandable and I respect your feelings in this regard.
Please understand that we are not trying to do things in public to apply
peer pressure on you to solve the issue faster or to bend your opinion,
but simply and only to have public and world-wide-replicated (therefore
unforgeable and legally valuable) record that we do care and we do
respect intellectual property, copyright and, most important, the people
involved and their wishes, in order the keep the Harmony project as free
as we can from frustration and friction that we consider unnecessary.
We (as a community) will make mistakes, we know and expect that, it
can't be avoided. But we can only hope to correct those mistakes
promptly and in a respectful way: we value interpersonal relationships
and the open development ecosystem around Harmony *much* more than we
value pieces of codes or algorithms, no matter how clever or hard to
write they are.
I am sure that Geir will explain on this list, transparently, the
outcome of our amicable discussions, when we get there (very soon, I hope).
Thanks for your understanding,
Thank you for your peaceful and amicable tone.
Let's all hope for a future of Harmony where all legal/IP/copyright
disputes will work themselves thru with....ehm.. such harmony :-)
--
Stefano.
