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On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 04:19:02PM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: > Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> writes: > > > Tough. The Artistic License allows us to preserve and build > > upon your work whether you like it or not. If you didn't > > want us to do that, you shouldn't have made it that good > > in the first place. > > True. But one might consider the request of the original author, not out > of legal aspects, but out of respect. The next paragraph starts: "given how good it was in the first place, I'd really really much rather have your co-operation" I believe that makes my respect and my desire to consider his opinion - and if at all possible to have his blessing - abundantly clear. My point here is: This is open source. "If you love something, set it free" is perhaps going too far, but "if you love something, please help it change, evolve and grow" certainly applies. -- Matt S Trout - Shadowcat Systems - Perl consulting with a commit bit and a clue http://shadowcat.co.uk/blog/matt-s-trout/ http://twitter.com/shadowcat_mst/ Email me now on mst (at) shadowcat.co.uk and let's chat about how our Catalyst commercial support, training and consultancy packages could help your team.Thread Previous | Thread Next