lase...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday 27 July 2009 13:10:50 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >>> I have contacted sourceForge >>> about his posting of sources relating to the project, and they >>> suggested filing a copyright infringement (the project is copyright by >>> me and Harvey Mudd College). >>> >> You don't want that Raymond does forge his own version of Impro-Visor? >> Why not? I can't see any damage by doing this. >> > > Of course, because there is no damage. In fact, my fork will help popularize > the application. That guy does not understand that though. There is no > such thing as negative publicity, ever heard that expression? > > The only reason people like that do not want forks is that they cannot bear > the thought that someone might take their idea and improve upon it in ways > that they could not. It is all power-tripping to maintain control of something > that you have already released into the wild by virtue of using the GPL. > > When you use the GPL you essentially are letting go of control. People > should read more before they use certain licenses. If that is not what they > want, then do something else. It is ultimately the responsibility of each > person to understand the license conditions and obligations upfront. > Anything less is just incompetence. > > Complaining about actions that are completely legitimate and ethically > correct is a one way ticket to looking like a fool. > > >>> a lot of the thinking that went into the project is >>> that of me and my students. >>> >> And also by some GPL coders. >> >> You won't share your knowledge? >> > > Exactly. Selfishness. Keep control. Be top dog. All ideas that do not > sit well with those of us that believe in the philosophy of free software. > > Free software is about meritocracy. You do good things, share those things, > welcome others to contribute, discuss differences of opinion (when people > are reasonable, this is not of one of those cases), and so on. > > Raymond > > P.S. The Improvisor project still exists on SF along with the files. > > Check: http://sf.net/projects/improvisor > > I wonder why that is. I know, because there is nothing wrong being done. > Unlike the packages on the Impro-Visor Yahoo group, mine actually > have the GPL license. Thus, Impro-Visor continues to violate the GPL > even with the old version up. Check for yourself and see how incredulous > that guy is. Plus, he also lies about any copyright infringement. There > aren't any infringements with the packages I put up, they are exactly the > same as the ones on the Yahoo group, aside from actually being in compliance > with the GPL or the file names. > > > I like to see also some comments about the issue by others, who know a lot of GPL etc.
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