From: Andy K. <sup...@gm...> - 2009-06-27 21:20:46
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I think the issue here isn't the strict letter of the law - I think the issue is feelings. I've spent - donated - a lot of hours working on LMMS when I could have been working to make money or something. To see someone take your time investment and milk it to gain profit for their own self feels like they're taking advantage of you. I'm not really sure what to think, so I'm just going to not worry about BMP and keep working on LMMS. P.S. I find the torrent on TPB hilarious. XD On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Jon-Francis Bhreitheamhnaigh < jf...@in...> wrote: > 2009/6/27 Aaron Lovelace <aar...@gm...>: > > I completely agree with Jon-Francis. Thanks for chiming in, Jon. If the > > developers of LMMS really want to stop people from doing this, then they > > should change the license terms. > > You're welcome. > > > One thing is for certain: I really don't like being called a liar, thief, > or > > crook. I refuse to fight dirty with certain individuals here because it > is > > not in my nature. > > I have to say, I don't personally agree with the way you're currently > handling the situation; for example, I really think you should be > focusing more on the service rather than the software, i.e. the > complete package (software, samples, tutorials, etc.). But when it > comes down to it, you're following the rules, so I can't really > complain. I could try and convince you to go the other route: rebuild > bridges with this community, make the fact that you're based on LMMS > more prominent, and so on - who knows, maybe /everyone/ could benefit > then - but that's it. To progress to slinging insults is just a > shitty, childish thing to do and is completely unnecessary. It's times > like this that I ask myself "why do I spend hours upon hours working > on open source/free software for people like this?" But I digress... > > Anyway, I hope something positive comes out of all this, and that > lessons are learnt. I guarantee this situation will present itself > again in the near future if LMMS continues to grow at such a fast rate > as it has recently (and I certainly hope that it does). If you really > don't like giving people that freedom... well, the answer should be > fairly self-explanatory. > > Best, > J-F > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > LMMS-devel mailing list > LMM...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel > -- Andy Kelley Nuclear Development http://nucleardev.com/ |