Re: [xmlvm-users] Licence issues

[Panayotis K. <pan...@pa...>]

On 07 Οκτ 2009, at 3:51 ΜΜ, Arno Puder wrote:

>
> I personally am absolutely fine to discuss this in public. For
> "contribution" we don't just assume fees but also code  
> contributions. In
> some cases this is difficult: is a 1000 line patch always more worth
> than 100 lines? Certainly not. Does a one line patch to fix a bug
> already qualify to grant the linking exception? I'm inclined to say  
> no.
> But I'd be more than happy to get feedback from you guys on what you
> consider to be a fair contribution in return for granting a linking
> exception. As I said before, we want XMLVM to succeed. So, suggestions
> please!
>
> Arno
>

Talking about myself, I believe that I am fluent in both Java and Obj- 
C languages.
Still, not being stuck to a macintosh environment (although everywhere  
in my house and at work I have macs) AND being able to code in my  
favorite language is what caught my attention to this project.

I had a look at the source code too and saw that it was quite clever  
what you've done. Well done!

My idea was first to make sure that this project worths it and I  
probably use it in my future projects and then of course give back to  
whatever I did to improve this library.
For example I was thinking about saving/loading (since I saw that this  
API is not supported yet).
Or create some automatic scripts to make development of iphone/android  
applications with e.g. Netbeans a straight forward thing. Or have a  
look what it should be done so signing of applications will be as easy  
as with the xcode tool.

That is what it crossed my mind, but first (as I said) I had to make  
sure that it worths it and I can really use it with my software.

Don't get me wrong, after long discussions for example in other lists  
of other projects (which I prefer not to mention here, in public), I  
was sometimes disappointed by the people who own a project.
Yes, it's their project. Yes, they've spent some time with it. Yes,  
they deserve some things back.
But this doesn't give them the right to be arrogant  and not  
communicative.

On the contrary, I can now clearly see that the core developers of  
this project are really communicative, helpful and willing to find  
solutions.

So, in other words, I am convinced now.