[LAD] Background on the Impro-Visor project

[Thorsten Wilms]

On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 19:10 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Hi Bob :)
> 
> Robert Keller wrote:
> > However, I don't feel that I  
> > am obligated to accept every suggestion that someone makes about  
> > software that is my own.
> 
> You used GPL stuff without accepting the GPL? Less people understand the 
> GPL completely, but c'mon you're an academic. Maybe you are obligated by 
> ethics to share your own software with other people who make it possible 
> for you by their own, but libre and open sourced software or even people 
> that never did anything for you.

That's not at all what he said.

Ralf: seeing your obvious problems with (English) reading comprehension
- not for the first time - I must say the best you could do is to keep
out of this.


> > I have contacted sourceForge  
> > about his posting of sources relating to the project, and they  
> > suggested filing a copyright infringement (the project is copyright by  
> > me and Harvey Mudd College).

Mr. Keller: Either the code is GPL and redistribution is allowed, or it
isn't GPL and therefore would break the GPL license of another project,
if I got that part of this thread right.


> You don't want that Raymond does forge his own version of Impro-Visor? 
> Why not? I can't see any damage by doing this.

Possible reasons:
- duplication/waste of effort
- making things harder for users and distributors, having to look into
the differences and implications
- emotional attachment due to long and hard work
- not wanting to see credit given to the forker standing on _his_
shoulders

Those who don't write and release code should be very careful when
discussing such issue with those who do.


> > a lot of the thinking that went into the project is  
> > that of me and my students.
> >   
> 
> And also by some GPL coders.
> 
> You won't share your knowledge?

Another thing that wasn't said / doesn't follow. Cut it out, please.


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