Archiving Software

[Jules Richardson]

der Mouse wrote:
>> And yet you complain about it.  You say judgementally that if *you*
>> had written the program, the you'd certainly release the source code.
>> That is great except you *haven't* spent the time to write the
>> program.  So until you go and do it, you are just posturing.
> 
> I've written a lot of software, and almost all of it I have placed in
> the public domain.  (A little of it is owned by others, and even of
> that, most is free, in both senses.)

But Dave has said that he will be releasing source, just not until he's happy 
that it's in a fit state to be released. That doesn't seem unreasonable to me; 
it's preferable to releasing something that isn't considered finished.

I think this was my fault as I originally posted saying that source wasn't 
available - but Dave's responded since about it being available under some 
form of NDA-like agreement in the shorter term, and (as I read it) is hinting 
at a more flexible source release in the longer term when he's satisfied with 
the state of the code.

Given that, I can't see why anyone has grounds for complaint?

cheers

Jules