19 Dec
2004
19 Dec
'04
6:27 p.m.
it's the height of hypocrisy to disrespect the
copyright holders
distribution terms.
What?? Where did i disrespect his terms?
Guy, I don't need the source code. I really don't. You may, but I don't.
Sometimes I want to see it. Sometimes I need it to make a binary because there
is no other option. I like the option of having it available. Sometimes
I even poke it with a stick and let the author know if any maggots fall out,
but it's not a requirement. If a prog sounds interesting, I want to spend
most of the introduction time running the code to see if it's even worth
taking the time to download the source.
I say I don't care about access to the source code, which is the developers
melieu, you say you don't care about the runtime, which is the users melieu.
It's two sides of the same coin, so let's all just do what we gotta do
instead of going around in circles.
You didn't get my messages at all.... Listen, why don't you just buy the
software you need? As you said anyway, they are a lot better in terms of
quality, and you're not really interested in free as in speech anyway,
so what's the point? Or is it that you just don't want to spend the
money?
Marek