Re: WineX and the AFPL

On May 30, 2002 12:45 pm, Patrik Stridvall wrote:
> The primary thing that have happend is that Transgaming have stopped
> contributing. I don't see how you can call that a good thing let alone
> a proof.
>
> Then you know nothing about companies that what thinking about investing
> in Wine but didn't because of the LGPL.

Patrick,
You seem to have this interesting habit of completely ignoring what's going
on around you, and focusing on the remotely probable events, as if the world
is actually made of all said events. 

I'll say this again: we are not interested in what's possible (as pretty much
anything is), but in what's probable. Companies giving up because of the
license change? Ha! I find this laughable. And again, even if it's true,
*I DO NOT CARE*. Why? Because it means they did not intend to contribute.
They can die, for all I care. They are not worth discussing. The LGPL and
the DLL separating provides them with more than enough space to maneuver.
Period. I find arguments of the type "yeah, but they might *think* they can't
because they are stupid and don't understand the license" idiotic. If so, what
contributions can we expect from them if they are soooo stupid??? <g>

But here's a reality check for you: haven't you noticed how many patches
have gone in lately??? You like Perl, make a statistic on # patches, and #
of lines changed per month for the last year, say...

> But lets not get into ad hominem attacks. It serves nobody.

Sorry if it came across like that -- it was certainly meant as a joke,
not an attack.
 
--
Dimi.