[X2go-dev] GPL violations

[John A. Sullivan III]

We're not treating you like an idiot for correctly pointing out the
things that should be done; we are grateful for that.  We're treating
you like an idiot for the way you are going about it.

Yes, they should follow the requirements of the GPL.  Yes, they did not
have to accede to the many requests to have access to the plugin before
they were really ready to give either the binaries or the source to
everyone.  Yes, they did not have to share any of this project but could
have kept it as a simple in-house project.  Given all of of those yeses,
I do eagerly await the release of the source and will wait until it is
released realizing that the delay hurts me but not more than not having
the project at all.  In fact, I eagerly await the time when our business
turns cash positive so we can financially support the project.  If they
were a corporation making a profit off the backs of open source
developers and hoarding the source code for nefarious reasons, I'd be
far less patient.  If you are tired of waiting, go away.  Peace - John

On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 23:26 +0200, Jörg Sawatzki wrote:
> Tobias,
> 
> it is very nice that you want to protect the two. 
> Oh yes, and I am a stupid idiot who unnecessarily "bugs" people because
> he wants to get his right.
> I sometimes wonder if we live in a banana republic when people tell me
> heaps of reasons why they don't have to follow the law...
> 
> I am asking for the source for a month or two. Taking the build
> environment, putting it in a .tar archive and uploading it to a
> webserver takes not more than ONE MINUTE and it would absolutely
> fullfill the requirements of the GPL and I would never ever have been
> complaining. Do I expect too much if I ask him to take ONE MINUTE to
> follow the laws and license requirements? 
> 
> And btw. I want the code of the plugin that I have downloaded right now.
> And not the code of a polished release that comes out next year or so!
> I want to submit extensions and bugfixes BEFORE the next release and not
> after!
> 
> But thank you for treating me like an idiot just because I fight for my
> right.
> 
> 
> Jörg
> 
> 
> Am Mittwoch, den 22.09.2010, 23:04 +0200 schrieb das.t:
> > the developers were so nice and _due_to_great_demand_ to give us a PREVEW 
> > of what is going to come. this was pure generosity. nothing has been 
> > released, this is absolutely inofficial and i am _more_than_sure_ that    
> > we _are_ going to get the source code. 
> > 
> > if you are reading this list you will know that heinz is on vacation, so  
> > there will nothing happen right now. i do not want him to work now as i   
> > know how stressed he is. give him a rest!!! 
> > 
> > if you say x2go is rubish and can be done within minuts - fine, then go 
> > for it. but please do not bug people who are investing more than enough in 
> > oss! especially stop threatening them in this absolutely unnecessarily 
> > rude manner.
> > 
> > if you think a project is rubish, do something better. 
> > 
> > enough said. i am off this threat now.
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