[TUHS] Re: Fwd: [simh] Announcing the Open SIMH project

[Ben Walton <bdwalton@gmail.com>]

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On Fri 3 Jun 2022, 21:23 G. Branden Robinson, <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
wrote:

> At 2022-06-03T16:00:15-0400, Clem Cole wrote:
> > Recently a situation has arisen that compromises some of these principles
> > and thus the entire status of the project, creating consternation among
> > many users and contributors.
>
> I wonder if that issue would be the one referred to here.
>
> https://twitter.com/the_aiju/status/1526921795139514368
>
> (I understand if Clem doesn't want to directly answer that.)
>
> It's probably impolitic to reference that matter, and if I'm right
> that's no doubt why reference to same was omitted from the announcement
> email.  It is traditional for such statements to be high-minded even if
> they wouldn't be necessary but for the rather low conduct that compels
> their issue in response.
>
> The above situation seems similar to others we've seen before.  It's
> probably even more impolitic to note that in the Debian Project, this
> sort of licensing shenangians would be referred to as "pulling a Jörg
> Schilling"[1].
>

This stuck a chord for me this evening. I completely understand why such a
saying would come into being, having watched things like cdrecord as a
young person - I totally get the view on licenses here. But I had a chance
to work with Jörg, if only tangentially, on a project and found him to be
warm, engaging, brilliant and overall quite pleasant. I was in a unique
position to connect Jörg and Henry (yes, that Henry) to talk about some old
Unix arcana and it was magic to witness. I hope that in addition to Jörg's
eccentricities people also remember how neat he was as a person. He was a
brilliant mind.

Thanks
-Ben


> I expect that time will soon tell whether an even better term would be
> "committing an XFree86".
>
> On a positive note, I'd like to express my thanks to the SIMH
> contributors past and present for making it straightforward to verify
> the behavior Unix V7 troff in my development work on groff.
>
> If Open SIMH remains dedicated to software freedom in the GNU and DFSG
> senses I expect it will enjoy overwhelming support.
>
> Cheers,
> Branden
>
> [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/195167/
>

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