Zach Welch wrote: > On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 20:20 +0200, Freddie Chopin wrote: > [snip] > >>> Why do you consider it OK to ignore a license just because it >>> inconveniences you? Do you hold the same view regarding things you create? >>> >> Why do you consider it OK to overinterpret the license just because it >> inconveniences you? In things I create I take the pragmatic view - when >> something is given for free (like the ftd2xx.dll library) than it is >> meant to be used, for free - I'm not creating artificial problems that >> would prevent me to use that "something". >> > [snip] > > Why do you consider it OK to ignore what I and other contributors are > saying about the license? Why do you feel it necessary to disrespect > our copyright claims? If we interpret it thusly, why do you think that > your interpretation should be considered more valid than ours view? > What if I told you that my interpretation is based in part on having > paid an attorney to counsel me in such nuances? Would that matter? > > You are being disrespectful to contributors that have made this > decision; it is theirs to make and theirs alone. In that way, there is > no doubt that you _are_ creating problems by beating this dead horse. > What will it take to get you and others to drop this issue? > > Cheers, > > Zach > > _______________________________________________ > Openocd-development mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development > I am a developer, and I have contritubted fair amount of original code to OpenOCD. I did write the CortexM3 stuff, and the SAM7S flash drivers, and was among the first developers not connected to Dominics original thesis work to join the project.
Zach does not speak for me. As far as I can see he and David are actively against any exception, I am not!!! Trying to find a solution that is formally acceptable to GPL, but seen as a way to work around the license problem, is perfectly OK. If it is legal then it is legal, even if it is against "the spirit of GPL" according to the hardliners. Hardline legalisms work both ways. If it is in the spirit of OpenOCD as I knew it then so much better. Regards Magnus _______________________________________________ Openocd-development mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development
