Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 09:47:40 08/09/05
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On August 09, 2005 at 10:27:55, Pedro Gomes wrote: >On August 09, 2005 at 07:04:44, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On August 09, 2005 at 06:31:46, Günther Simon wrote: >> >>>On August 09, 2005 at 06:23:46, Karl-Heinz Söntges wrote: >>> >>>>COPY >>>> >>>>email Gaksch ./. Letouzey and Söntges >>>> >>>>Hi Fabien, >>>> >>>>i sent mr. söntges a prerelease version for a last test. at the moment i test >>>>only the value of two parameters and will distribute the version on saturday. (I >>>>hope alex ist not on holidays). then i also add some comments to the readme >>>>file. >>>> >>>>please do not attack mr. söntges in the ccc forum. >>>> >>>>you know that mailing an open source program like i did is GPL conform. there is >>>>no must to distribute beta versions. i have done this because i didn?t want to >>>>quarrel. >>>> >>>>regards >>>>Thomas >>>> >>> >>>You still seem not to understand? Just keep the results for the 'beta', >>>instead of posting them around! YOUR posting of results of such a 'beta' >>>starts the conflict with GPL. >> >>That is quite simply not true. >> >>As far as I understand it is legal for Thomas to: >> >>a) send testers private copies of Toga >>b) have these testers post results >>c) not publish the source himself >> >>He is however required to give testers the source, but these testers are not >>required to publish it. >> >>-- >>GCP > > >We generally speaking interpret rules in accordance with our own interests, but >what is the correct interpretation ? > >The correct one is: > >Do exactly what Fabien did: publish your modifications to all, not onlt for >testers. > >Fabien did not publish Fruit only for his testers. > >H F Pedro That's not correct. Fabien produces many development version between releases and send them to us with source included (which is in compliance with GPL). We are just a bit more disciplined than Mr. Söntges and don't publish test results. ;-) regards Joachim
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