On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 08:39:18PM -0400, H. William Welliver III wrote:
- I'm not exactly sure why this should be a show stopper before
you've even looked at the product. There are plenty of projects using it that you can get a feel for the product. More specifically, what exactly would you think you'd want to change?
we need to be sure that we can use this for time to come. no entity can guarantee that they will be around and supporting their software for any length of time (not for free anyways) who is to guarantee that the owners of the product don't suddenly turn around and want to charge money for it?
therefore the only assurance that remains is access to the source (and the right to change it.) the risks with not doing so are simply unacceptable for a project like this. (yes, this includes the use of roxen platform on the pike site, but there i believe/hope is a special contract between ida and roxen)
I mean, does it really make sense to be spending time reinventing the wheel, just so that it's written in pike?
but at this point CodeLibrarian is already written. so it is a bit late for that argument. and yes, it does make sense to reinvent the wheel if the new wheel is easier to maintain or the old wheel is not free software.
Fisheye certainly has worthwhile features that I think merit more than the very curt dismissal you've given it.
i can only support the dismissal. i can't even find the license terms without registering. i find such behaviour deceptive and not worth my time.
greetings, martin.