Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] Re: [Caml-list] OCaml standard library improvement

[Brian H. <bri...@ql...>]

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, fva wrote:

> If what Zacchiroli is true (read the news article) we may be in for a 
> disappointment being hosted in SourceForge... Can anybody give further 
> news about this claim of relinquishing our rights & work for the benefit 
> of SourceForge if we are hosted with them?

I'd be as much or more concerned with 'political' interference at Savannah 
as I'd be at SourceForge.  This may come as a surprise, being that I am a 
big GPL fan, but several of RMS' moves recently scare me.  In addition to 
the whole lignux / gnu/linux thing, consider this as well:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/08/19/2039211&mode=nested

IMHO, Stallman has gotten a stick up his butt recently about being 
'forgotten' by the open/free source community.  As if that could happen.  
What I really think is happening is that he is not the only big figure 
anymore- the playing field has opened up, and lots more people have made 
names for themselves- Linus, Miguel, Xavier (hey, I can dream, can't I?), 
etc.

Not that SourceForge is beyond reproach by any strech of the imagination.  
I'd be much happier with a box controlled by someone known on this list.  
But as I don't have that box to offer, I haven't been offering an opinion.

Brian