[LAD] forking (was Re: Aeolus)

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 2013-09-21 at 08:52 +0000, John Rigg wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 07:52:02AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > It's completely impossible to be on Fons site. When Fons has such a
> > super-mind, why did he chose the GPL? Those simple-minded guy who forked
> > Aeolus might have made a little mistake, but doesn't offend the licence.
> 
> Ralf, please stop this straw man argument about the GPL. Fons is understandably
> irritated by someone forking his project without prior discussion. It's a
> question of etiquette, not licence terms, as has been pointed out repeatedly
> in this thread. 
> 
> It isn't difficult to find out that Aeolus is currently maintained; all it
> takes is a look at the README in the sources, which contains release dates.
> The 2007 copyright date which I think was mentioned earlier (I'm not going to
> re-read this whole sorry thread to confirm that) is the copyright date for
> GPL 3, not Aeolus. Again, this stuff is not difficult to check.
> 
> Another point: copyright and licence are separate things. It is possible to
> violate a copyright while still complying with the GPL. Adding one's own
> copyright notice to someone else's original work without making substantive
> changes to the work may be such a violation (IANAL, so that's speculation).
> 
> John

Hi John,

I won't discuss this anymore, even while I've got arguments for
forgiving mistakes and finding a solution. Don't talk to me, talk to
"mgavioli" at https://github.com/mgavioli/oscAeolus/issues/1 , explain
him his mistake and see if he does offended/offences etiquette because
he's evil, or because he made a mistake and what's his opinion about the
"issue".

All those threads perhaps are completely useless, when just talking to
"mgavioli".

He made a mistake? Ok! And now? Making it a drama while it might be easy
to solve, by just talking to him? He might think he didn't made a
mistake, so he perhaps won't contact somebody, but he perhaps will reply
if Fons or you send a request.

Why all this discussion with speculations instead of talking to the
right person?

"mgavioli" claims something and a presumption of innocence is good
etiquette too. Isn't it? Or is it common sense to think the most worse
first?

Please, talk to "mgavioli" and try to find a consensus.

Regards,
Ralf