18 Dec
2005
18 Dec
'05
1:15 p.m.
der Mouse wrote:
But Dave has said that he will be releasing source, just not until he's happy
that it's in a fit state to be released. That doesn't seem unreasonable to me;
it's preferable to releasing something that isn't considered finished.
I think this was my fault as I originally posted saying that source wasn't
available - but Dave's responded since about it being available under some
form of NDA-like agreement in the shorter term, and (as I read it) is hinting
at a more flexible source release in the longer term when he's satisfied with
the state of the code.
Given that, I can't see why anyone has grounds for complaint?
cheers
Jules
And yet you
complain about it. You say judgementally that if *you*
had written the program, the you'd certainly release the source code.
That is great except you *haven't* spent the time to write the
program. So until you go and do it, you are just posturing.
I've written a lot of software, and almost all of it I have placed in
the public domain. (A little of it is owned by others, and even of
that, most is free, in both senses.)