[LAD] At the hands of Professor Keller and Raymond

[laseray at gmail.com]

On Monday 27 July 2009 12:16:17 you wrote:
> Hi Raymond :) hi list :)
>
> "My recommendation is, that Bob forge the project within the next 3
> month, that he will be the head of the project, but coders from the
> community get access to the source directories, after they have shown by
> some patches, that they are able to program, or what ever the regular
> way for FLOSS projects might be."
>
> At least the source code should be available within the next 3 month.

Bob can certainly do that. It is his, or his groups, right to do that. It also
is the right of anybody who gets the application.

So, as I have said previously, there is no "we" to discuss this anymore.
I tried to reason, use logic, point to the license, etc. None of that works.
No matter how many times I say "read the GPL" or "read the FAQ page
for the GPL", it just does not seem to be done. So there is no point in trying
anymore.

A separate project exists now. And whatever work is done on it will be to
improve it. That is the point of having a project. Never mind this hand waving
that is done to try to convince others that a fork can never be as good as the
original or that some damage is done. These are typical tactics of those who
do not want others to have any control. There is no damage, find some real
evidence of that (not just pumped up emotions or other questionable things).
It is very difficult to show damage on an offering that is free software. It
is given away at no cost, without warranty, etc. So are forks of it, when they
exist. Trying to hold someone up to some "imaginary" damage is a snowball
in hell.

Raymond