So, who ever breaks the rules first gets the advantage?
Your self-centered attitude pretty much sums up what is most objectionable
about **any** organization that decides to ignore the common good and do
whatever they want because they think for some reason that they are above it
all. If that kind of attitude had been more prevalent over the last two
decades then we would (as a community) never have not gotten as far as we
have.
Fortunately cooperation and adhering to de-facto standards has prevailed, so
regarding your statement:
"Per and I, we don't care one way or the other. Apathy's not the same as
arrogance."
Yeah, I guess I would have to agree that they are two different things, but
one's no better than the other when folks are trying to build and maintain a
healthy community. In fact apathy may be worse in the long run.
-----Original Message-----
From: Wes Biggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Thomas J Lukasik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Aaron M. Renn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Chris Toshok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Prasad, Ganesh C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, September 12, 1999 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Congratulations
>Thomas J Lukasik wrote:
>
>> Wes,
>>
>> You are obviously unaware of the document at:
>>
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/java/why-gnu-packages.txt
>
>I'm quite aware of it.
>
>> Allow me to quote from it:
>
>Really, you'd have to ask Per for permission, but we'll assume, on the
basis of
>his publicly stated opinions, that he won't go after you for copyright
>infringement. :-)
>
>> "There is no measurable benefit of using org.gnu instead of gnu. I
refuse
>> to be concerned over anybody who might use gnu as a package prefix
without
>> co-ordinating with gnu.org - that's their problem, not ours."
>>
>> What does the statement "..that's there problem not ours." say about
>> arrogance and ownership of 'GNU'?
>
>A "refusal to be concerned" is not a statement of ownership. I read it the
>other way -- go ahead and put your package under "gnu.*", if it causes a
>conflict, you figure it out. Per and I, we don't care one way or the
other.
>Apathy's not the same as arrogance.
>
>You're entitled to your own opinion, and you're entitled to use "gnu.*" or
>"org.gnu.*" as you wish. Last time I checked, no one had filed a lawsuit
for
>breach of Java package namespace. If you're paranoid, encrypt and seal
your
>JAR.
>
>Wes
>
>
