Re: [B2-devel] Thoughts on SheepShaver and Basilisk II

[Lew Irwin/S. B. <st...@us...>]

I think that the decline in SheepShaver activity probably stems from the
fact that it has received such little notice from the Mac magazines and
news sites. Every time I have shown my SheepShaver installation to an Apple
Store "genius," they have expressed surprise -- and often delight -- that
such a thing exists. Hardly any of them had ever heard of it.

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Alexander von Gluck
<kal...@un...>wrote:

> On 15.06.2012 17:34, Lew Irwin/Studio Briefing wrote:
> > For us non-techies who are using SheepShaver with the old "fork," what
> > does this mean?
>
> Nothing really.  The GNU license means a fork can take place as long as
> some
> guidelines
> are followed:
>
>  * Copyrights can't be changed (eg, I can't go back and erase the names of
> all the people
>    who made SheepShaver possible)
>  * Trademark laws must be followed. (thus SheepShear vs SheepShaver)
>
> Possible Pros:
>  * SheepShear adds all kinds of neat/crazy/hairbrain new features the
> SheepShaver developers
>    can use upstream if desired.
>  * SheepShear attracts more attention to Macintosh Classic emulation.
>  * If SheepShear dies... the SheepShaver devs have a potential pool of new
> features and changes
>  * If SheepShaver dies... SheepShear lives on.
>
> Possible Cons:
>  * SheepShear splits the community causing two weak projects vs one strong
> one (given the
>    decline in activity of SheepShaver I feel this risk is minimal)
>
>
> I've begin working on SheepShear, and SheepShaver will continue how it's
> founders see fit.
>
> Two code bases "forking" in two directions :)
>
>  -- Alex
>
>
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