Re: XCF code in Imlib2
Hi, > I talked to Raster right after the first email arrived and he said he > would take care of it. I was hoping to give him a running start before > the ugly free software posse jumped him. I must say that this mailing list > has degenerated into something akin to a Microsoft legal newsgroup. Shoot > first, let god sort'em out. hmm, did it really felt that way?? I must admit that a few people probably overestimated the problem and asked for immidiate actions when it was not yet time for it, but I believe that most of us stayed as calm as possible. I could have handled this differently in the first place by sending a private email to Raster, but since I haven't really contributed that much to this special piece of code, I thought it would be fair to announce the situation on gimp-devel and ask for advice. What exactly annoyed you that much about our response? As I've stated in my first mail, it's not our intention to prevent anyone from doing an XCF loader. We have even aggreed to change the license of the relevant code when the gdk-pixbuf people asked us. But asking us before you take the code and use it under another license is the absolute minimum. You shouldn't wonder that people get a little bit upset if you don't follow those simple rules. Salut, Sven
Re: XCF code in Imlib2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] spontaneously blurts out: > > On 25 Jun, Marc Lehmann wrote: > > >> He and Raster are going to meet next week and then they'll think > >> about possible solutions for this conflict. > > > Don't they think this is demanding some _action_ (like reverting that > > patch)? "meet next week" and "possible solutions" sounds, well, not > > very serious. > > The patch IS already reverted. About 5 minutes after my mail... > I talked to Raster right after the first email arrived and he said he would take care of it. I was hoping to give him a running start before the ugly free software posse jumped him. I must say that this mailing list has degenerated into something akin to a Microsoft legal newsgroup. Shoot first, let god sort'em out. What happened was wrong, yes, but the ugly mob bristling with legal talent doesn't seem too terribly community-like. Raster has provided more than his share free software and is probably amongst the top ten people for amount of code stolen from him, so a little 'slack' is appropriate. Especially considering that he didn't even do it in the first place. I could care less what you think of him or his code, but the ugly mob crap is tiresome and downright juvenile. I now await the mob turning on me. -Dean Johnson Tool Hooligan Cluster Admin Tools & Jessie Project Silicon Graphics Inc.Eagan,MN (651) 683-5880 "I am Dyslexic of Borg, Your Ass will be Laminated"-- unknown
Re: XCF code in Imlib2
On 25 Jun, Marc Lehmann wrote: >> He and Raster are going to meet next week and then they'll think >> about possible solutions for this conflict. > Don't they think this is demanding some _action_ (like reverting that > patch)? "meet next week" and "possible solutions" sounds, well, not > very serious. The patch IS already reverted. About 5 minutes after my mail... -- Servus, Daniel
Re: XCF code in Imlib2
On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 05:05:18PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > He and Raster are going to meet next week and then they'll think about > possible solutions for this conflict. Don't they think this is demanding some _action_ (like reverting that patch)? "meet next week" and "possible solutions" sounds, well, not very serious. -- -==- | ==-- _ | ---==---(_)__ __ __ Marc Lehmann +-- --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] |e| -=/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ XX11-RIPE --+ The choice of a GNU generation | |
XCF code in Imlib2
Hiho! I talked to Christian Kreibich, the author of the codemixture and he told me that it was a mistake to publish the code in this form and that he'll undo that step. He and Raster are going to meet next week and then they'll think about possible solutions for this conflict. -- Servus, Daniel
