On Aug 7, 2009, at 2:07 PM, drew Roberts wrote:
Naturally, forking a GPL project is OK.
Forking a project and calling it something nearly identical (removing
a dash) cannot help but generate confusion and is an example of
hostile fork.
Here are some guidelines for forking, which seem sensible to me:
http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/forking-protocol-why-when-and-ho…
But none of these was followed in the case in question.
Don't bother to reply. I leave this group with a fair amount of
bitterness and disappointment in the way one of your members has
conducted himself. To those who seemed to understand my position along
the way, I thank you for your support.
Bob Keller
Robert Keller
Csilla & Walt Foley Professor
Computer Science
Harvey Mudd College