Re: [LAD] Impro-Visor packages now on SF

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 10:43 AM, <laseray@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After numerous back and forth emails with the Impro-Visor guy I realized
> there was no way to get through to him. This was even after a number of
> people on the Yahoo group for the program sided with him and I set them
> straight on the facts. Each one of them changed their position, but this
> guy would not despite any statement of facts, evidence, etc. So no point
> in trying to reason with unreasonable people.
>
> Thus, I have started a SourceForge project to host Impro-Visor stuff (yes,
> with the source code) and possibly a new line of development on a fork.
> Right now it is just important to make the binaries/code easily available
> for everyone (as guaranteed by the GPL). Only the last stable version is
> up at the moment (version 3.39).
>
> If anybody wants to join the project feel free, even people from the original
> project are welcome because this is about opening it up, not taking it over
> (which is sort of a slam I received from that guy when I let him know that
> the application binaries/source would be hosted on another project).
>
> I wanted to cooperate with people, but it was just too difficult for them to
> admit being wrong. So instead of just posting the source code for their
> latest preview, it was pulled. In spite of all their protests that they were
> completely in the right, the application was removed. Basically, an
> admittance that the GPL was being violated. Anyway, I still have that
> preview and the source code (via disassembler) and can possibly still put
> that up a little bit later.
>
> Raymond
>
> Improvisor: http://sourceforge.net/projects/improvisor
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While you have every right to fork the code, one quibble I have (most
likely just with your wording) is where you say that they are
obligated to provide the binary. They have no such obligation
whatsoever. If they provide a binary they are obligated to provide
source, but they are free to offer neither without violating the GPL.
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Received on Sun Jul 26 00:15:03 2009