From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_R=F6hler?= Subject: Re: ox-html.el removal Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:24:12 +0100 Message-ID: <513CDDDC.2030205@easy-emacs.de> References: <87y5dvl1pg.fsf@gmail.com> <20130310195541.3430f802@vknecht-intel.unibw-hamburg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:40633) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UElqH-0002Ks-CV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:23:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UElqG-00080L-4u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:23:33 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.8]:54227) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UElqF-000806-S4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:23:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20130310195541.3430f802@vknecht-intel.unibw-hamburg.de> 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 Am 10.03.2013 19:55, schrieb Detlef Steuer: > >> I am willing to go as far is humanly possible for me to have my >> displeasure registered. >> > > Dear Jambunathan, > > your displeasure is very well registered by the hundreds or even > thousands of readers of this list. > > It is very sad to see an obviously very gifted and energetic programmer > going in "lonely fighter mode" without obvious reasons. > > But: The papers the FSF asked you to sign were constructed for exactly > this case I assume. > No developer may ever have the rights to destroy afterwards what nice > piece of work he once gave to the community! > > I must admit the FSF is to praise. It always seemed a bit restrictive > to me to demand that time consuming process of sending the paperworks > all over the world. Now I understand. > > You authored valuable parts of orgmode, yes. And you promised > and decided, through signing the FSF papers, to never take it away > again. > > Now you changed your mind. Humans, even programmers, change > their mind. Nevertheless there is your promise on paper, signed by you. > It is impossible for you to take anything away now and, morally, > that's the right thing, too. Otherwise some contributors could easily > destroy communities and their spirit at will whenever their > mind would change. > > So, thanks for your great contributions! No kidding here. > > Find some peace of mind. > > Best regards > Detlef > > Hi Detlef, thanks for your kind words. Just a remark to copyright assignment though, as I always thought it being wrong: it doesn't interfere here. Once code is published under GPL, don't see a way to revoke the license. GPL'ed code is all what's needed for distribution. Best, Andreas