Re: Xaraya2x actions to come

Marcel van der Boom wrote:

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> [email protected] wrote:
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>> c. my own bugfixes and minor enhancements to the above, which can be 
>> followed 
>> here:http://mtn.netspan.ch/viewmtn.py/core/branch/changes/ch.netspan.xaraya.core 
>>
> 
> A 5 min. review of this shows this revision:
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> http://mtn.netspan.ch/viewmtn.py/core/revision/info/cd9ce4ea9e623d5a97bfee2feebf59bbe53b2c6d 
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> and their predecessors. Not only is it a very questionable action to 
> remove all copyright lines in the code which are not yours to remove, 
> but this makes merging in your changes at least debateable. What is or 
> was your intent there?
> 
> I'm a bit worried now, to say the least and I urge people to review this 
> codebase thoroughly. As said earlier, Marc and myself are the only two 
> people having done major work on the 2x codebase. I was not consulted 
> for input on 2x actions at all, which is fine, but I think people should 
> realize this.
> 
> The fact as such, the removal of copyright, is bad, but the intention of 
> the person doing it is worse, for whatever reason. I dont think this 
> should go by silently.
> 
> The questions I have are these:
> - what is / was your intent with the mentioned revisions?
> - is the intention to merge the indicated repository as a whole?
> - where can people pull the sources for the mentioned branches?
> 
> marcel
> 

My, my, this has gotten quite heated.

Unless I've missed something, the phrase 'IANAL' applies to everyone 
here.  As such, the PMC assigned Robert the task of getting qualified 
legal opinion on the status of the DDF, and our copyright situation. 
Until he reports those findings, let's all cool down.  It will take time 
to resolve these issues, we MUST be patient.  The DDF is clouded by 
unknowns; the PMC is taking a cautious approach to clearing things up.

Was the change of the copyright notice ideal?  No.  If reverting that 
change is satisfactory, then it should be done.

Was it wholly removed?  No.  A temporary placeholder was inserted 
instead, which should indicate that this change was not malicious.  If 
not, then there are debilitating trust issues lurking around this project.

Several people have indicated (to me, maybe elsewhere) that they've lost 
interest in Xaraya because it isn't fun anymore.  It seems to me that 33 
posts in 2 threads about copyright is an example of why, not to mention 
all the past discussions.  I realize copyright is important, but is it 
important enough to stall everything else?

Xaraya has made many mistakes.  We can either wallow in that mud and 
thow it at each other, or we can climb out and clean up.  I vote for the 
latter.