Re: bias...

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Sean C. Farley wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:32, Francois Gouget wrote:
>
> > You seem to have researched Stallman's views and life quite a bit. I
> > just hope you are also researching Wine as thoroughly so that you can
> > soon emit informed opinions.
> >
> > Here are a few starting points:
> >  * Gavriel State - TransGaming DirectX Release
> >    (You said you did not know which promise they made, now you know)
> >    http://www.winehq.com/hypermail/wine-devel/2000/12/0358.html
>
> From that post, I gather they have followed their promise.  I do not see
> what to complain about. The code was released under the Aladdin Free
> Public License.  I assume they have not reached their set number since
> they have not release the code under the X11 license.

Please see the following email where I explain why this is a problem.
http://www.winehq.com/hypermail/wine-license/2002/05/0056.html

(I guess I could copy paste everything but let's save some electrons)

[...]
> Also, I notice that this came out at the end of 2000.  If DirectX
> development was down in 2000, how did the announcement at the very end
> of the year effect any development prior to the announcement?

I believe DirectX development slowed very significantly starting in
2001. But then there are many ways to quantify this which give ample
opportunity for disagreement <g>.


> Did they release the DirectDraw code as they promised?

They did send DirectDraw patches including a large reorganization patch.
They say they released 'the DirectDraw code' and I believe them.


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Francois Gouget         [email protected]        http://fgouget.free.fr/
  Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment
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