Re: Re: OpenSS7 GPL'd LiS.

--- "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dave,
> 
> Thank you.  I don't see that LiS-2.18.1 can cause confusion as
> there is no other LiS-2.18.1 release.

The point is not whether or not a LiS 2.18.1 release exists yet or
not.  The point is that you are completely changing the licensing
terms of the product and just changing a release number.  Since
changing the licensing terms makes the product completely
unacceptable to many, many people who use it, it seems that this
warrants some more forceful distinction....

> If anyone else is willing to step up and maintain LiS releases
> in the near future and needs these version numbers, please speak
> now.
> 

Why does someone need to step forward now?  Who made you the guardian
of LiS?

> I certainly cannot force anyone to use a release, however, I'm
> pretty sure it will get used by some: the GPL'ed LiS-2.16.18-19
> and strxnet-0.9.2-4 are downloaded 20 times a day.

I'm sure that people do use it, but GPL LiS is unacceptable to anyone
who makes commercial propriatary software that uses it.

> Also realize that at present my intention is to drop support for
> LiS the moment that Linux Fast-STREAMS is production grade and
> replaces LiS, at which time LiS can go back to being completely
> unsupported.

So, if you have no intentions of supporting this in the future, then
why are you even bothering?  If you are just going to create
confusion for everone for one release, then don't bother.  People
have been getting along just fine without RPM support for 18 versions
now.

> BTW, the name for the Linux Fast-STREAMS package is currently
> streams-0.7a.3.

It doesn't really matter since no one except you has ever even seen
the mythical "Fast-STREAMS"....

dan