From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Nielsen To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: The new ridiculous license Message-ID: <20030622033344.GK7193@cassie.foobarbaz.net> References: <11085765386d7572968a06a2ee05f689@plan9.bell-labs.com> <35a6ec7583c53201a9062bfb24dc9383@9srv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <35a6ec7583c53201a9062bfb24dc9383@9srv.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:33:44 -0700 Topicbox-Message-UUID: d6066c42-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Can we just let this thread die, please? Talk about beating a dead horse... On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 11:10:28PM -0400, a@9srv.net wrote: > // We apologize for letting the code out with a license that obligates > // the receiver in any way. I promise that with comments like this its > // not likely ever to happen again. > > y'know, it seems people are divided over this new license. some people > are happy as could be, some are happy but look for future improvements, > and some just complain with no end. maybe you guys should come up with > some way for people to express whether or not they find the license to > be acceptable before agreeing to it? you could put radio buttons on the > download page or something. then nobody would be under obligations they > didn't agree to. that sound good? > > seriously, let me repeat what others have said: i'm highly apreciative > of all the work, both technical and otherwise, all the labs guys (and, > for that matter, everyone else) has put into this project. plan 9 > remains such an exciting project only thanks to your efforts. while > some people have expressed some concerns (some even doing so in a > reasonable manner, i think), everything we've seen from you guys > represents progress in one form or another. i just keep getting more > excited about things, and the new license (while a minor concern in my > mind, for my purposes) just helps that along. > > so thanks. -- Christopher Nielsen "They who can give up essential liberty for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin