Re: Re: Reply To: Sodipodi / *nkscape...

On Thursday 26 February 2004 09:44 pm, Lauris Kaplinski wrote:

> Hello!
>
> [email protected] kirjutas N, 26.02.2004 kell 14:42:
> >  When you say 'Hostile', do you mean that *nkscape did
> >  not contact you before creating their Sodipodi fork ???
>
> It was probably complicated story, but I know little about
> the actual reasoning among the *scape guys. But certain aspects
> of their immediate behaviour were unacceptable in my opinion.

>
> In brief - thay take my (plus several other contributors)
> 4-year work, branded it as their own, and started 'selling'
> it as their own. If that is, how free software developments
> turns out (the ones with more advertizing power always screw
> independent developers), I see little reason, why we should
> case about OSS more than from properietary ways.
>
> Sorry for ranting... :-(
>

Lauris,

Thanks for the brief history. I didn't know about the fork's background. I've 
tried *scape out of curiosity but it didn't appeal to me. I'm a Sodipodi kind 
of guy. Keep up the good work. I'll try my best to promote Sodipodi in my 
neck of the woods.

Wayne
Somewhere in the middle of the blue Pacific



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