Re: [Savannah-hackers] Re: [Gforge-devel] gforge

[Dan Kuykendall]

Mathieu Roy wrote:
> The problem noticed was pretty simple: no license/copyright notes +
> phrasing in files that leads to think that it is legal to link
> proprietary software on a GPL software (gforge, which is mainly GPL).

Yes, the problem is simple. But maybe the answer is not. This goes to 
the derived vs re-written issue, which is cloudy.

> We should stick to the facts, not to the supposed intentions of one
> person or another, which are pretty hard to guess and leads generally
> to sterile flames.

Agreed

> This issue mentionned need to be fixed as soon as possible: Tim said
> he'll handle it, so it's fine, there's no particular need for
> defence.

I think there was need for defense when a statement such as this one you 
made is said so quickly.

"Please, conform to our policy or we would be forced to deactivate your
project."

This is very abrupt and aggressive. Its not in the language of someone 
trying to help come up with a solution. It is better to try and work 
with people. Maybe something like

"Lets just try and resolve this issue soon, so that we can keep 
consistant with FSF policy and be able to continue to have gForge hosted 
on Savannah."

Statements telling people to "conform" are not well taken. We are in 
large part a group of rebels. We dont like to "conform" to the rules of 
the proprietary world, and I will not "conform" to a Free Software world 
when told to either. I will follow Free Software principles because its 
my choice, not because I am ever forced to "conform".

Dan