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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Legal Notice ServedRe: Legal Notice Served
From: Joseph Jones <joe_at_bumpycarrot.cjb.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 11:07:18 +0100 Err, you could just have a GPL'd version, and a none GPL'd version... They'd be the same source and binary, except that one didn't have the GPL attached to it... Joe BlueChip wrote: > At 07:55 13/06/04, you wrote: > >> BlueChip wrote: >> >>> Okay ...What's the old phrase? ..."fourth time lucky"? :) >> >> >> :-) > > > :-) > >> Well, I managed to read the source code, > > > tut tut tut - naughty boy ;) > >> so I guess I'm happy. Just curious, why is it so important that the >> "user" reads the release notes? >> >> I mean, everybody knows that programs are never finished, and that >> source code sometimes is messy. > > > Vanity. Self Respect. Morals. All purely right-brain based > responses. I cringe every time a bug is found in my released code. On > the other hand, I put a lot of work into Klondike and had to put it on > hold; I was asked to release it as alpha by a few people I had mentioned > it to. The rest is, as they say, history. > >> Is it perhaps that you want the reader to read the section where you >> portray yourself as a victim of the GPL and the Rockbox project? > > > Not at all. I wanted to say that such shoddy source was released under > duress, and said what that duress was. I tried very hard to be fair, in > fact when I converted it from a self extractor and read what I wrote > originally, I edited it for the precise reason of removing risk of that > mis-interpretation. > > fwiw I do feel "infected" by the GPL - I believe in free source - I have > never before put restrictions on the use of my released code. I would > be just as proud to find a chunk of my code flying a plane as I would be > to find it in some-bloke's game. > > In my world map, being an active anti-capitalist is just as much an > infringment on human rights as being an active capitalist. I would have > preferred that my code were the good old fashioned bona fide free (as in > just plain "free" ...take, enjoy, say nice things about me when I die.) > >> I don't get it. If this "alpha" code is so bad, don't publish the >> binary until you're ready to publish the source. > > > People said "please", I said "okay"? > It inspires me to finish it each time I see it on the website? > Most people, like me, make decisions based on emotional reponses and > then form logical validations for those decision afterwards? > ...I dunno really, it just seemed like a good idea at the time. > ...And I'm not saying it was the best choice. In fact, using my > supernatural powers of 20:20 hindsight, it clearly wasn't. But, hey, it > won't be my last faux pas before I die; It would be nice if it were the > worst :) > >> Why shouldn't you follow the law/license, like everyone else is >> supposed to? > > > I am, as far as I know. > >> Anyway, the source is there, and you've made your point. > > > A perfect compromise. > > BlueChip > > >> Linus >> _______________________________________________ >> http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > > > _______________________________________________ > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > > _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-06-13 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |