[LAD] forking (was Re: Aeolus)

[hermann meyer]

Am 21.09.2013 08:39, schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
> Thank you Hermann that I should shut up ;) while I'm right regarding to
> the link you posted:
>
> On Sat, 2013-09-21 at 08:10 +0200, hermann meyer wrote:
>> Ralf, please stop this. You seems to have no Idea about what the blame
>> is here. Read here,
>>
>> Why, When, and How to Fork an Open Source Project
>  From your link above:
>
> "Why Fork?
> Answer – Because you cannot get the software to meet your needs any
> other way.
>
> There are different reasons that this might be the case. If the core
> developers, who have write-access to the source code, don’t accept your
> features or patches. If the core developers reject use cases or a
> direction that community members want."
You may read the section "How to fork" as well, before you make any 
conclusion. ;-)

> And now read what Fons Adriaensen wrote on Fri, 2013-09-20 at 19:35
> +0000:
>> * A request to have a 'volume' control on each stop.
>>
>> * A request to make Aeolus start up with the stops etc. that
>>    were in use the last time.
>>
>> Both are no-go. Aeolus is meant to emulate a pipe organ, including
>> the limits of a real one. It's not meant to be a backend to some
>> sequencer or notation software, or a general-purpose additive
>> synthesiser.
> Fons called others simple-minded if they don't respect his intention,
> while Maurizio M. Gavioli is sorry and not aware about offending the
> GPL:
> https://github.com/mgavioli/oscAeolus/issues/1
>
> So you expect that Maurizio M. Gavioli should talk to Fons, after being
> called simple-minded?
No, he should do that before. ;-)

> It's a shame and it should be forwarded to the FSF or Fons simply should
> stop contributing GPL'ed software.
>
>
Once again, please stop your food here!!!!