Hi Pascal, it´s a pity that no friendly resolution of a useless conflict is possible. That obviously can´t be helped for the moment. Sometimes minds just don´t fit, even bright ones.
But it will be hard to prevent _anybody_ from using your code if you stick to GPL. And if you go away from GPL I guess you´ll have a nice version of scid[-ng] (whatever, I don´t care) and chessdb will have a community. Think about it and enjoy true freedom! Thanks to both of you for reviving scid! Because alive it is! Detlef On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:42:55 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Selon "Dr. David Kirkby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > As you are aware Pascal submitted an application to gain control of Scid. > > Gain control would mean I wanted to "steal" (or something like that) Scid. > That > was far from being my intention. I wish someone else had done it. > Kirkby can be glad, he nearly achieved to kill Scid at SF, but be sure it will > live somewhere else, under the same name. > So I will switch naming of my releases from scid-pg to scid as I have the > right > to. As chessDB is a fork of Scid (2004), and until anybody else is better > placed > than me to continue Scid, I request things to be strictly separated : given > Kirkby's attitude, I hope he'll be honest enough to continue his fork in a > strict separated way than mine : I deny him the right to use my own code, as > I'll never use his own code (I never heard of a forking project whose that was > in conflict with the mainline take code from the original). > So few was done on chessDB that people requested a port of my features to > chessDB. I never had any request to port things done in chessDB to my > releases. > That's a sign. > I find interesting someone that is a true beginner in Tcl/TK programming (see > his posting in newsgroups), and know nothing about Scid's internal denying > someone that has been coding for Scid since 2003 the right to continue this > project on sourceforge. > > So here is the status of Scid at SF : > - author unavailable; > - admins take 1 month to answer a mail; > - files are nearly 3 years old. > And someone is happy with that ! > > There are enough hosting sites for development (CVS, etc) to avoid the use of > SF > and have a naming conflict. So there will be a Scid ended in 2004 at SF and a > Scid updated in 2007 somewhere else : sensible isn't it ? > > > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1658454&group_id=1&atid=200001 > > > > and have received this back: > > > > "I have marked the takeover request as denied (at least for now), and > > mentioned both the sub-problems in the project's description." > > > > (I think he means sub-projects). > > > > Looking carefully one sees Scid's description > > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid/ > > > > has now been changed to: > > > > "Scid is a chess database application (cross-platform, for Unix/Linux > > and Windows) with many search and database maintenance features. Two > > related projects you may find interesting: ..... > > http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/ ..... http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/" > > > > I would like to see something on the Scid homepage > > > > http://scid.sourceforge.net/ > > > > as the text on the summary page is small. But it is progress at least. > > > > I was going to ask nicely if Sourceforge staff would add the following > > to the Scid homepage, it is OK with others (including Pascal of course) > > > > Does Michal have access and feel comfortable about making such a change? > > That would be better. > > > > Anyway, this is what I was thinking of proposing. > > > > _______________________________________ > > _______________________________________- > > > > *** News - February 2007 *** > > > > Although there have not been any recent versions of Scid released by > > Shane, admiration for Shane's work is very high. Two groups have > > developed Scid further. These projects can be found at <link to ChessDB> > > and <link to Scid-pg> (Neither developer has the slightest objection if > > Shane wishes to remove this comment). > > _________________________________________ > > _________________________________________ > > > > > > Note > > > > 1) I make no reference to forks, since whether you believe Scid-pg > > and/or ChessDB are a fork depends on ones view and a small addition to a > > web site is mot a good place to debate that one. > > > > 2) There should be no reference to specific changes, as those would soon > > be outdated. > > > > 3) I feel it needs to be short and sweet - just let people know of > > ChessDB's and Scid-pg's existence and let them find out what they want. > > > > 4) We should make it clear we don't mind Shane removing it. > > > > 5) I'm open to a better wording. > > > > I suspect if something could be agreed on between myself and Pascal, and > > others feel it is reasonable too, we might be able to get Sourceforge > > staff to make the change. 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