Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: [ANN] MacSOUP is now free (and unsupported) Date: 21 Aug 2016 17:25:01 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <1mscdiw.120k8zk19vdv7uN%stk.usenet@haller-berlin.de> <1msd9z8.1iwonw88fomyhN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> X-Trace: individual.net g7bgelyu3obs+QMCMak2iQXrGAcDUS39FNy78Z+sP+z/JPqb9t Cancel-Lock: sha1:MZdTO8sPT+eJH0UCeE+kRj9nQBY= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.comm:2980 uk.comp.sys.mac:112603 On 2016-08-21, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote: > Jolly Roger wrote: > >> On 2016-08-21, android wrote: >> > On Sun, 21 Aug 2016 15:58:00 +0000, Jolly Roger >> > wrote in e1u1c8Ftuc6U1@mid.individual.net: >> >> >> >> Is there any chance you will place the source code in the public domain >> >> so that others can contribute to the effort? >> > >> > There are open alternatives that can be adopted to the Mac. >> >> I am aware since I use an alternative client; but I am not interested in >> other news clients in this particular thread. >> >> > Let's thank Stefan for his efforts and let him keep his name on the >> > app and the code without whining or nagging. >> >> I think it's pretty cleat I'm neither whining nor nagging. >> >> I think it should be obvious I appreciate Stefan's contribution to >> the Mac software space - otherwise I wouldn't be posting to this thread. >> But since you insist: Thanks, Stefan. : ) >> >> I'm not asking if he will remove his name from the credits or >> anything like that. As a fellow Mac software developer, I think he >> should be given credit for his work for all of eternity. >> >> I'm simply asking what Stefan's thought's are regarding open sourcing >> the app so that others may contribute to keeping it running and >> enhancing it as time goes on. This seems like a perfectly legitimate >> question to ask at this point in time. >> >> Do you speak for Stefan? Your response doesn't seem to be in line with >> what I would expect from him. > > I'm unsure why open source would be equated with anonymous development. > Where did _that_ come from? :-) I'm not sure where any of it came from... -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR