ImageDisk project is canceled

[Jules Richardson]

Christer O. Andersson wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 11:42:13AM +0000, Jules Richardson wrote:
> 
>> care about having source. The only people it would seem to affect are those 
>> who wanted to take Dave's code, modify it, and release it as though it were 
>> all their own work - and I doubt anyone on this list would be happy with 
>> someone who did that.
> 
> You don't get it - that's exactly what GPL protects against.

You snipped the rest of my message where I pointed out that Dave has said that 
  he doesn't consider the code ready for a full public release yet. The GPL, 
as I understand it, would give anyone the right to modify *and distribute* 
(including in modified form) the source, and it's not considered by the author 
to yet be at a sufficient release point to do that and open it up completely 
(whether under the GPL or some other scheme).

So whether the GPL would or would not eventually fit the needs is irrelevant 
at the present time because it would impose rules that are unsuitable for the 
code in its present state.