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Subject: Re: has development stoped on scid

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 11:09:51 08/08/03

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On August 08, 2003 at 02:33:09, Alastair Scott wrote:

>On August 08, 2003 at 01:28:01, ERIQ wrote:
>
>>I hope not this is a great db and my favorite.
>
>The author is a one-man band and probably having a well-deserved rest; it took a
>long time from the last beta of scid 3.4 to version 3.4 itself. The program is
>not open source, but that is the author's prerogative. (For some time I have
>been expecting a cry of "open source it" as though that solved all problems,
>including the perceived problem of no updates).
>
>I have had some thoughts about suggestions for improvement and am struggling to
>find anything much to add to it. Development for the sake of being seen to do
>something (because of the great Internet shriek "nothing has been posted for 2
>hours! is the author dead?" is a bad idea :)

What do you mean it is not open source?
It has been open source from the beginning.



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