Installshield 6 (inter-proc) patches

Gerard Patel gerard.patel at nerim.net
Sun Dec 16 21:00:00 CST 2001


At 02:20 PM 16/12/2001 -0800, you wrote:

>Well, this sounds like an argument for the LGPL. There is absolutely
>no guarantee of stability with the X11 license; anybody can start a
>Wine tree under another license, and if developers think this is a
>good idea there is nothing I or anybody else can do to prevent it.

Theoretically yes. The project leader has a much higher
chance to do it successfully in fact. Since he is fixing the
rules in the first place he has to be more responsible IMO.

>It's simply part of the existing rules that the rules can change.

trusting people is always a problem, yes.

>You know, that's exactly why we are having this discussion. If I was
>as selfish as you seem to think, I could change the license today
>without asking anybody.
> I'm not doing it precisely because I *do* care
>what people think, and I won't make the change unless it is acceptable
>to at least a large majority of the people affected by the change (and
>yes that includes Transgaming).

it's for them (and possibly others professionals) to say then.

Gerard





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