20 Dec
2005
20 Dec
'05
5:10 a.m.
der Mouse wrote:
Even if Dave hadn't made it clear that the source is privately
available now, and will be publicly available in the future, there's one
glaring point here. It's HIS freakin' code.
Where's your code, Mr. Mouse? And the rest of whoever's having an
issue with this? What are YOU doing for the community?
Dave Dunfield is producing working tools, *free of charge*. He's
taking suggestions for features and fixes, he's made his image format
freely available. But it's his, to do with and to distribute as he pleases.
I'm a HUGE fan of Open Source development. I believe it's changed
the face and the future of computing. Still, I don't believe that the
GPL is the Be-All and End-All of OSS, and first and foremost, I believe
in this:
The SOB who does the work gets to choose what he does with it.
Period.
Doc
For all you
B&M types out there: it would help if you remembered that
you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar, particularly when
the people are working as volunteers.
And not a word about how lovely and mature Dave is to take his marbles
and go home in a snit - reneging on his earlier statement (I'd even say
"commitment") that he'd make the source available when he was no longer
able or willing to maintain it himself, I might note - because someone
points out that he's _wrong_ in thinking that no harm is done by
ivory-tower "you'll get it when I think it's good and ready"
development?