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Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> I wrote that the *thread* - digressing from useful discussion about |
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> software tools and into religion - was pissing me off. |
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This is why I tried not to answer your first question. I know that this usually |
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happens and try to avoid it. |
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> I asked because I wanted to hear your point of view and your reason |
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> (for changing license to CDDL). This is not very obvious when |
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> searching the web, and the reason given on your website (which I only |
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> found after asking the question) is somewhat vague. |
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> Why is the CDDL "more free" and why do you particularly like it? |
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Well, the information is in the cdrtools FAQ and parts are in the Sun CDDL FAQ. |
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> When I searched the web I rather expected to find loads of mailing- |
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> list posts, blog entries and other articles and that half of them |
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> would announce what a rotter you are, the other half how poor old |
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> Joerg has been stitched up. But it is NOT so obvious from Googling. |
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Charity is what you get for free, enviousness is something you need to earn ;-) |
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You get this kind of enemies if you get a certain degree of familarity. |
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> As I told you already I might quite aggressively support your |
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> software if you would just make the effort to convince me. No one |
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> else on this list mistook my question for antagonism. I deliberately |
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> tried to be polite and tactful when asking you, and it did me no good |
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> at all! Frankly, therefore, I can see why everyone is "against you" |
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> if you insist on misconstruing an innocent question as an attack. If |
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> my example is anything to go by then I can only assume that the whole |
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> Debian and Bloch fiasco is the result of your own over-reaction |
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> (sorry to be so honest about how I see things!). |
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This is obviously a missinterpretation of the facts. |
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What people with english mothertonge believe is a courtesy, is usually |
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seen as a underlying attack by Germans. Try to just be direct and there will |
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be less missunderstanding. |
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Jörg |
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EMail:joerg@××××××××××××××××××××××××.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin |
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js@××××××××××××.de (uni) |
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schilling@××××××××××××××××.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ |
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URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily |
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