Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/08/31/00:05:35
At 14:38 29/08/99 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
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>But if RSXNTDJ is a good solution, and all it needs is some work on
>getting its installation easier for the uninitiated, then the Right
>Thing to do is to take over its maintenance, not to boycot it. This
>is how things are done in the Free Software world: if the previous
>maintainer is unable or unwilling to support a good package, someone
>else should stand in and take over.
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Agreed and seconded. Now _my_ (another :-) ) real question: does the way
Rainier put his license allow this? If yes, as I mentioned earlier, we
could end up with a similar rebirth as happened with GRX (BTW a good point,
because is a success story), if not, IMHO we are stuck again with the need
to get an answer from the author!
I'm not a license lawyer, but I have mixed feeling if the present license
set forth for RSXNTDJ allows to take the maintenance, even if the author
lost its interest in the package. But again _is a feeling_ not a positive
affirmation.
HTH
Cesar
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