On Wednesday 01 October 2008 21:09:27 Karanbir Singh wrote: > > you guys really need to start looking at stuff before commenting on > it. if you really dont know what launchpad is, a bit of research > would be well in order. eg, components that went into launchpad, and > are used elsewhere in canonical's projects still remain closed > source. A simple 5 min google for 'launchpad open source' would give > you plenty of foo to roost over, even looking at the wikipedia page > for launchpad and its talk pages should have some info for you.
So I looked at Launchpad again to see if there is earth shattering that I have been missing and that everybody else have got. And my question still stands. Before jumping your gun and showing your impatience with anybody disagreeing with you and making a complete fool of yourself, it would suit you well to take a minute to read what they might be asking. As per Wikipedia: "Launchpad is a web application and web site supporting software development, particularly that of free software. " It helps in managing software components, so it is ofcourse a piece of software. But to people using it, it is a service. Get what I am talking about? Do you understand software as a service? Here is a comparison of different such *services*. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_software_hosting_facilities#cite_note-3 Interestingly, compare it to how sourceforge has been working all these years. Unlike Sourceforge, it does not require you to grant a perpetual proprietary licence if you upload code. It has not stopped zillions of prominent free software to using it for their development. I really find this whole business of using launchpad as a beating stick really disgusting. And like you, I too don't like wasting too much of my time with obsessively negative people who don't ever have anything constructive to say. - Sandip _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
