ImageDisk project is canceled

[Christer O. Andersson]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 02:25:00PM +0000, Jules Richardson wrote:
> 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.

I was trying to make a point - the GPL is not a good license if
you want to rip off somebodys code. It protects against that.

Dave shouldn't pick a license he doesn't like, of course. There
are a lot of licenses available.

I think ImageDisk would be more spread and used if the source was
public, and I would believe that is a kind of reward to the author.
I cannot really see any drawback in publishing the source. If you
don't want to read it, you don't have to. Publishing the code helps
the program to survive, long after the original author gives up on
it. That way, you can trust that it will still be available when
you need it next time.

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Christer O. Andersson
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