2008/12/10 Zbigniew Lukasiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am really sorry for starting this. I hereby publicly apologize to > Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Randal L. Schwartz and the publisher. >
Don't be sorry. You haven't breached their copyright - it's perfectly acceptable "fair use" for you to take a small tract of text and use it with acknowledgement to the authors. But I think the response you received shows - unfairness, cluelessness and hypocrisy: * unfairness - I think Larry, Tom and Randal wanted that passage to mean something - isn't it sad and ironic that in 2008 it was used to whack some over the head? * cluelessness - some people have argued vociferously about IP yet they don't really understand it. * hypocrisy - why won't they stand up for the IP rights of The Perl Foundation? You have a right to be here and a right to respect and so do your ideas. This is a seriously sad day for Perl. You deserve an apology and I hope you get it. NIge