From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Scott Randby Subject: Re: [ANN] [OT] New Android app (Orgzly) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:31:30 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87lhkvm4nb.fsf@orgzly.com> <87fvb222ft.fsf@gnu.org> <87a91aiie1.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> <54C1CA5F.6060209@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50862) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YEeKk-0004rl-1J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:31:34 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YEeKh-0002Rr-J3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:31:33 -0500 Received: from mail-la0-x230.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::230]:53588) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YEeKh-0002RU-4A for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:31:31 -0500 Received: by mail-la0-f48.google.com with SMTP id pv20so7255396lab.7 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 05:31:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 3:53 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > Scott Randby writes: > >> On 01/22/2015 05:02 PM, Marcin Borkowski wrote: >> >>> Now the question is: what is the most appropriate place to *inform* >>> about his project. If not the Org-mode discussion list, I really don't >>> know. (I assume that nobody denies his *right* to license his work >>> according to his wishes, of course, for if not, another explanation >>> would be that this project doesn't have any right to *exist* in the >>> first place.) >> >> Since we cannot view the code of this software, then we have no way of >> determining before we use it if it has any purpose other than its >> stated purpose. For all we know, it contains some nasty code that >> takes over your system and deletes all of your files or worse. >> >> To trust this software because the developer seems to have good >> intentions is foolish. When I saw the announcement, I interpreted it >> as saying this: "Gee, here is some neat software I wrote. You can't >> see the code, but trust me, I'm good. I'll open up part of the code >> maybe sometime, but for now you can try it out for free. I'm not going >> to cut you off later and make you pay to continue using this wonderful >> thing. And no, it doesn't do anything bad like steal information or >> trash systems. Trust me." No thanks, I say. Promote this somewhere >> else. > > I just want to state here that not everybody feels the same as you. I wasn't expecting that everybody would feel the way I feel about the matter. It is clear from the discussion that some feel fine with this software because it is alleged to do something desireable. I don't feel fine with it because it is closed, and I have the same distrust of the other pieces of proprietary software that have been promoted on this list through the years. Scott > > Cheers, > > Rainer > >> >> Scott Randby >> >> > > -- > Rainer M. Krug > email: Rainerkrugsde > PGP: 0x0F52F982