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Re: [News] [Linux] Porting AmaroK to Windows for the Wrong Reasons, Focus Remains Only on Linux

Verily I say unto thee, that spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx spake thusly:
> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:

>> I've had very direct dealings with the Amarok team (including
>> Monroe), and I have to say that my concerns about them have not
>> entirely been allayed. Monroe issued the equivalent of a takedown
>> notice against the Fedora maintainer of the Amarok package,
>> essentially because our version linked against GStreamer, and
>> Monroe didn't like that fact. I went berserk and read Monroe the
>> Riot Act (or more specifically the GPL),
> 
> You should've just said "I can do what I want with it as long as I
> make the source code available, what business is it of your how I
> choose to package it?" and left it at that.

It was a delicate issue. I am not the Amarok maintainer, so I was not
directly in a position to tell Monroe to "get stuffed". Meanwhile, the
actual maintainer (a bit of a noob) had his head spinning between Fedora
admin and Monroe, and gave in too easily. Damage done. I was furious,
and so maybe not thinking rationally (certainly not diplomatically) but
I was equally aware that some finessing was required to "resolve" the
issue between both parties, so I eventually tempered my argument. In
retrospect I regret that. I was angry then, and I'm still angry now.

At the time, I released my own package independent of the main repo,
half in protest - half out of necessity (to plug the gaping dependency
hole in the repo). After the "update" which satisfied all parties, I
pulled my package. I'd do the same if it ever happens again. That was
*my* solution. It galls me to think that such a thing should be
necessary. I now fully understand what motivates some people to fork
distros, beyond some of the more common reasons.

> No need to start a flamewar, just ignore the idiots who don't
> understand GPL.

Beware the enemy within.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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