Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] Re: Unzip module

[skaller <sk...@us...>]

On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 09:12, skaller wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 08:33, Brian Hurt wrote:

> I would argue NOT reusing that software would be 
> the biggest 'sin' :)

BTW: Felix is 'FFAU', but about 1/3 of the physical
code is the Frontc/Cil C parser, which was produced
at Berkley (and naturally has a BSD licence).

Of course I emailed the authors and let them 
know I was using it, and naturally reported
a couple of bugs .. and asked some questions.

My code is freely available if they wish to
incorporate the changes I made into theirs
(which includes upgrading to C99 and some
weak C++ support).

I guess the authors are *happy* someone is
actually using their code. A lot of work went
into it. I would certainly like more people
to be using mine -- what's the point of writing
it otherwise?

I personally think it is only a matter of courtesy
to tell someone you're using their code, and to 
say 'thank you' -- hey, they might even add the
project to their own 'advocay' section, so it
benefts them.

And don't forget academics live on 'brownie points'
(citations) in the same way commercial entities
live on sales. Use that code -- you're doing them
a good turn!

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