__/ [ lakshmi ] on Wednesday 11 April 2007 15:44 \__
> On Apr 11, 7:20 pm, "lakshmi" <lakshmipath...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Apr 11, 7:08 pm, "lakshmi" <lakshmipath...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > On Apr 11, 12:05 pm, "spam" <gtdavie...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > > On Apr 10, 1:51 pm, Peter Kai Jensen <use...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>> > > > Tim Smith wrote:
>> > > > >> 2. Please don't use "joke" licenses, they will guarantee
>> > > > >> exclusion from distros. Consider the GPL instead.
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>> > > > > It appears to be under the GPL.
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>> > > > If you actually bothered to download it and look at the COPYING file
>> > > > (which is what counts), you'll see that it's not. I don't care what
>> > > > the website says when the GPL is not mentioned with a single word in
>> > > > the
>> > > > source distribution. It's an interesting license, though. I'm
>> > > > definitely not required to pay, given the terms. However, I think
>> > > > he would be better served to make it BSD or GPL (BSD being closer to
>> > > > the
>> > > > intent of the current license). A lot of people (myself included)
>> > > > won't much care to get familiar with the terms of an unknown license
>> > > > before
>> > > > contributing. If it's one of the familiar OSS licenses, then most
>> > > > developers will already know them.
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>> > > What?? Tim Smith didn't read every line before he made a comment!!!!
>> > > Hypocrite.
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>> > > > PeKaJe
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>> > > > Linux is not a desktop OS for people whose VCRs are still flashing
>> > > > "12:00".
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>> and one more thing last ngiht itself ..i got a help from gtk
>> programmer ..even after viewing my strange license. :-)
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> i'm sure people will come back to say...Hypocrite...
> I'll stand by my license ....i strongly believe it's a simple and
> basic thing every human being can do.
I think you misunderstood. Nobody called /you/ a hypocrite. They called Tim a
hypcriate. He trolls in this newsgroup. In general, that's the reason
technical newsgroup would prove more helpful. There are people here who are
disruptive and hostile.
Good luck with your project.
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