Any sensible person is not going to get invoved or take sides in this, that is why Wolfgang is not hearing feedback from users, I think. However nobody ever accused me of being sensible. So, from a user point of view, Peter Graf seems to be the one with most at stake, his is the biggest commitment, he is, apart from Nasta, the only one developing the 'QL' ( of whatever flavour) and therefore his views are most important. His is the financial investment, and D&D and Richard share his ambitions. Good luck to them, without them the QL is dead, and anything that puts obstacles in their way is not condusive to furthering SMSQ to the benfit of the user. After all all the buyers of Q40/60 are QL users who are simply upgrading as we have constantly done since the first black box. This whole topic reminds me of Alan Sugar of Amstrad trying to block QL development for his own reasons.
I am completely neutral in this debate, I feel sorry for Wolfgang, who is showing signs of wear. As a user, as I see it, the Q40/60 'lobby' were not involved in drawing up the Eindhoven license,. WHY NOT. Why are their views less important than those who sat at a 'round table' and cobbled together a license that suited them, why were Quanta not at this meeting, why not other meeting in UK and US, to get the input of the bulk of people who are affected? It is no wonder 'conspiracy' is banded about. Wolfgang, if you don't listen to those who do not share your opinion, you will kill the patient that you are trying to save. Regards Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.macnamaras.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joachim Van der Auwera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Just another idea > > > one more idea. Tony Tebby has the right to release his code under both the > > GPL and the Eindhoven "license". > > > > Why not kindly ask him to do both and let the developers and users decide > > themselves what they prefer? > > Sorry, but does would exactly cause two code bases and a drift between > versions. I actually thought that was the only thing everybody agrees on. So > I think we should all stop bickering and enjoy the gift of having access to > SMSQ/E sources! > > Joachim > >
