Hi,
This is my one and only message on the subject.
* Free software is about freedom.
There is nothing tragic about one free software project
spawning another similar one.
Evidently the needs/wants of the developers and users
(i.e. all of the stakeholders) of WebMacro were different
enough from the developers and users of Turbine that
it was more desirable/easier to reimplement than work out the
differences.
We all recognize the value of unity.
There is also value in diversity.
Freedom is about letting individuals make decisions that
are right for them.
We don't need to have hard feelings about other people's
freedom.
Well done to the WebMacro team for pioneering an
elegant template system which has inspired imitators!
Well done to the Turbine team for seeing the
opportunities to incorporate it into a larger framework!
Well done to the Velocity team for implementing something
so quickly.
It's up to us to decide what's right for each one of us
to use.
There is no reason that any of us can't continue to use
WebMacro, Turbine, Velocity in any combination.
There is no reason the two teams will not help each other
while developing separate code bases.
There is no reason why the WebMacro code base cannot include
some classes implementing a Turbine service
There is no reason the WebMacro team can't APL the code right
now.
There would be no reason the Velocity team can't absorb a
large amount of WebMacro code very quickly if it were APL'ed.
There is no reason WebMacro can't absorb the benefits of
Velocity (because it _is_ APL'ed).
* Long live software freedom!
(And being diverse does not mean we don't get along.)
My $0.05 (a bit more than $0.02).
Stephen
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