On Tue, 03 Aug 1999 Michael Fair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We spend way too much time worried about stepping on people's toes
> or having it done "our" way that we don't get anything done. As an
> example, if we were doing it my way, we would have had twenty
> product releases, a simple web site with as much description as
> possible with some screenshots,
Michael apparently either has access to about 50 idle developers or a
time machine, in which case I'd have to agree that doing it his way
would be a big improvement over the way it's being done now ;-)
> the license would be GPL with the
> additiional clause "Standalone executables are explicitly declared
> to be distributed under any license the author so chooses." and be
> done with it.
Seems to me your licensing proposal completely eliminates any
protections the GPL offers. All I'd have to do is attach a single
empty stack to the OC engine and then I could sell it as "UltraCard"
without any requirements to distribute source code or even give
copyright credit. Not that I personally think this would be a such a
bad thing, but you might as well just do a public domain license in
that case as it gives you equal protection without the burden of
having to explain the terms to every new person that comes along.
While I can sympathize with your frustration at the apparent lack of
progress being made on the organization and licensing issues, a quick
ill-considered fix is worse than no fix at all IMHO.
Regards,
Scott
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Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metacard.com
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