On 12 Nov 2002, at 18:29, TonyTebby wrote: > > (and, hopefully, functionally identical !!!)
Yes! > OK, so if the open source system is working fine, why are some people > making such of fuss???? Beats me. > > In this case, Fabrizio is playing entirely by the rules and hasn't > > asked for any money (nor has Marcel Kilgus for the other code > > developped by him). > > This, of course, does not stop generous users or groups offering such > developers donations to encourage them to make improvements that they > would like to see, does it? No, of course not - as you are well aware, the licence also allows for that... > I don't know if Fabrizio has had any reward other than the Golden Glow > from helping other people, but the total revenue earned by Marcel for > QPC, or the brothers Graf on the Q40 or ..... cannot come anywhere > near the real cost of the work they have done. I don't think anybody ever said that. We all know how it is in the Ql World... > The rules don't say > that developers cannot be rewarded, do they? No (not yet :-))) Let's see, what did Dave want to change in the licence? Wolfgang