Re: FAKE Scid released (chess database software)




Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:

Pascal <pascal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I assume it. But Shane Hudson dropped me some positive feedback that
make me feel confident about that issue :-)

He did eh? When it was called Scid-Pg? Please feel free to post that
feedback here.

He never will. He tried to get Sourceforge to install him as the
new maintainer of Scid (they do at times replace those who abandon
projects, but three years is way too soon for that) and didn't use
this supposed email when they shot him down. My guess is that
Shane simply wished him well on his project assuming that he would
fork the way everyone else does -- with a new name. Whatever is
in that email, Pascal doesn't want us to see it.

You [Pascal] know very well, it is the name that is the issue.

Indeed it is.

That and the fact that you were forced to attribute code taken
from chessdb and did not do so of your own volition.

That isn't ecxactly correct. The GPL lists "Requiring ... author
attributions" under "Additional permissions" and specifies that
"you may at your option remove any additional permissions."
See section 7 of [ http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html ].
(Also, I don't think Shane set any additional permissions.)

This is by design, not an oversight, and is a direct conequence
of Stallman's Free Software philosophy. It is polite to give
credit, but not required. You can do as Pascal did -- lift code
directly from ChessDB including typos in the comments and claim
that you didn't -- and still comply with the GPL. Others can, of
course. present evidence of where the code really came from if they
wish.


--
Guy Macon
<http://www.guymacon.com/>

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