on 8/3/2000 5:01 PM, "christopher baus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is a release still in the works? At the summit meeting it was stated that
> biggest thing holding up a release was the WM licensing issues. Is this
> still the case?
unfortunately, yes. the license is an issue. i will have an exciting status
update next week on this though.
> I would like to be able to contribute to the release,
> unfortunately I am tied up with deadlines. As a Turbine user and not a
> core developer, I will admit that it is difficult to coordinate a project
> with Turbine as it stands. I would really like to say I am using release X
> which is known to have certain properties and not a random build that I
> pulled from CVS. If I posted something like, "I'm using a build from 620
> and I'm having a problem, is this known?" I would probably be told to get
> the most recent build. But this isn't practical since it often means
> changing my code to meet a new interface. I can't do this if I am going to
> production.
i agree 100%.
> I personally think it would help the adoption of the product if an official
> release was made. Is this going to happen if WM is released with an
> acceptable ASF license? I would interesting in knowing what is happening
> "behind the scenes." Not knowing much about copyright law, can the GPL be
> revoked once code is released with the license? I thought the GPL was
> structured in such a way as to prevent this. Collab.net isn't going to
> make a monetary deal with Jason to change the license are you? Now that
> could be weird.
Sorry, I can't speak up on it yet. Please be patient and have a little trust
in me. :-)
-jon
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