I have been irritated about this and thinking the same thing for the past week, so if a fork occurs I am willing to help maintain it and tweak it. Honestly there isn't too much wrong with the current 3.2.3 version that I am aware of, but I think we can improve on it none the less.
Thanks, Chris On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Jason van Zyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 13-Apr-08, at 10:34 AM, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: > > > > > On Apr 13, 2008, at 7:20 AM, Jason van Zyl wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have contact Leif of JSW but have yet to get a response about the > > > license change. > > > > > > Project that start using a commercially liberal license and then > > > switching long into the life of a project is wrong. If you want to do the > > > GPL/commercial thing then say so from the start. I have nothing wrong with > > > this model, but for libraries and tools using a commercially liberal > > > license > > > is the best way to get community adoption and then to flip the license I > > > find a little unsavory. > > > > > > Anyone interested in forking it and maintaining the version that was > > > not GPL? > > > > > > > I agree. That's pretty bad. > > > > I don't have a lot of time but am wiling to help where I can. I am not > > familiar with building C artifacts with Maven but am dying to learn. > > > > > The NAR plugin will easily do it, so it would be interesting from a build > perspective but we could continue to work on it. I'd hire a C developer to > work on it before I would support a project that does the BSDish -> GPL > switch-a-roo years into a project. > > > > Regards, > > Alan > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Thanks, > > Jason > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Jason van Zyl > Founder, Apache Maven > jason at sonatype dot com > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track > of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget > the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful > groping. We see our past achievements as the end result of a > clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as > signs of decline and decay. > > -- Eric Hoffer, Reflections on the Human Condition > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
