Messages in this thread | | | Date | 20 Oct 1998 01:33:04 +0200 | From | "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" <> | Subject | Re: APC, Your company is making a mistake! |
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mharris@ican.net (Mike A. Harris) writes:
>Well, I understand that, and I fully support your efforts Andre, >as I'm sure you're aware. However the existence of binary only >software that is GPL'd puts you in violation of the GPL. From my
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The suspended support and the removal of all binaries is brought to you by an unhappy GPL waving, source demanding, end-user........ Since this person has pushed the issue of the GPL status of the source to the limit and demanded that I give it to him based on the clause #7 of the GPL guidelines, even thought I am the author and have the right to change the license status at will. There will be no more binaries releases until this issue that this person has pressed me into a corner that I have not outs. If the source is allowed to be made GPL again, everything will be normal again; however, if the status of the source can not be changed, apcupsd will be terminated. Because this person has left me without any room to move. I am sorry to have allowed myself and the packaged to be pressed into almost no-win situtation.
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Mike, you're a real hero to all of us. Instead of having just binary only support we now have no support at all. Thank you very much.
>Mike A. Harris - Computer Consultant - Linux advocate
"narrow minded idiot without a clue" would be better fitting.
FOAD Henning
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