That seemed like a fairly benign license
agreement to me. It is also one that is inherent with all US-developed
code whether it is stated or not.
Do I understand correctly that someone is
giving us something for free and we’re complaining because it’s not
on our exact terms? Amazing…..
Perhaps if the OSS
community ‘softened their hearts’ towards ‘non-members’
(of the OSS
community) and allowed all developers to impart ‘how where or what they
may’, then new ‘converts’ might be ‘born’. Such
a re-birth might be brought about more quickly with sympathetic understanding
than with ‘fiery darts’ of descent. Okay, so someone please
tell me why we need to use religious verbiage for more secular things like
software…..
Steve
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Haws
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 8:46 AM
To: LDS Open Source Software
Subject: Re: [Ldsoss] Developer
Services for the New FamilySearch website
Pardon me if I'm out of line, but I couldn't help wondering why you offered
"C" code with such a scary sounding copyright declaration on the Free
Software dedicated LDSOSS list. Is there no cracking open of doors or
softening of hearts in the LDS leadership and staff toward GPL type
licensing? I'd like to fancy I wasn't the only FLOSS believer who was
left a bit speechless. There are of course, after all, very good
spiritual and moral reasons why many of us have chosen to stand behind GPL-type
software, and I'm not sure it's good to ignore the thought that those values
might be totally shut out in the church we are loyal to.
I have only been on this list a few months, so I may be unaware of some kind of
"understanding" or "truce" that was previously made
regarding this concern. In any case, it would do my heart good to hear a
little about it or to be referred to the appropriate archive.
Tom
