> I'll not respond to a reply to this post from you on this list anymore as I >believe most everyone here would rather not hear about this anymore.
If everyone on this list were like this, this list wouldn't be here. Sure, we're all sick off hearing about Chad "Goodman", but that doesn't mean his "crimes" can continue. If you live in America, I invite you to turn on the news and watch regularly. Every so often, you hear of a shooting (especially at schools). Quite frankly, I'm sick of hearing about them. But that doesn't mean I don't talk about them. If what you are saying we should do here on this list (let it be) happened in the real world (i.e. people stopped caring about shootings and people dying), then people would stop enforcing it. No police means more crime. Pretend I'm a cop: > Me: Oh, a hit-and-run. I'm sick of those. How about you?> Partner: Yep. > Me: Then let's just ignore it. If someone else wants to catch him, they can. Does that sound like a good cop? No. Cops are supposed to enforce laws. Now, replace the cop with you or nearly anyone else on this list; a Kernel contributor, and the hit-and-run with Chad Goodman and Anthrax kernels. Do you see it NOW? Without an enforcer of the rules [GPL], who's to stop the bad guys [Anthrax and XDA] from committing their crimes [not releasing source]? Here's another analogy. You have a brother and you're both about 5-8 years old: > /Chad steals some of your cookies/ > You: Mom! Chad stole some of my cookies! > Mom: Chad, is that true? > Chad: Yes, but if I didn't, Linus would've stolen some of mine! > You: no I wouldn't have! I would've asked for a bite, not the whole thing! > Mom: Chad, give it back. > Chad: No. > Mom: Oh well, I can't do much more. Linus, just ignore him. Let him do what > he wants. Again, does that sound RIGHT? Of course not! But that's what you are encouraging. The mom [this list] is supposed to help in enforcing the rules [GPL], but Chad says no. What does the mom do? Say to just ignore Chad while he steals and then eats [keeping source away from you] your cookie [source code]. Chad claims that if he shares, we'll take his cookie and eat it all [kanging] when in reality, we just want a bite [portion of the code]. I'll admit the analogies could have been better, but they're the best I could think of at this time. We can't let Chad and Anthrax get away with what they are doing. If we just give up enforcing it on them, they'll win. There is no win-win here with these guys as someone mentioned earlier. It's either lose-win or win-lose. We either lose and they win, or we win and they lose. ---- Cole Johnson -- E-mail: coleharrisjohn...@gmail.com -- Twitter: @5urd Hexware, LLC -- Twitter: @HexwareLLC
