notmm is dead!

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Prasad, Ramit於 2012年10月6日星期六UTC+8上午4時06分31秒寫道：
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
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> > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 7:22 PM
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> > To: python-list at python.org
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> > Subject: Re: notmm is dead!
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> > On Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:10:46 -0400, Etienne Robillard wrote:
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> > > Dear list,
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> > > Due to lack of energy and resources i'm really sad to announce the
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> > > removal of notmm from pypi and bitbucket.
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> > Well that's just rude. Even if you don't intend to maintain the software
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> > any more, why are you removing it from pypi? Since you say you are a fan
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> > of Open Source software, just flag it as unmaintained and leave it for
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> > somebody else to pick up.
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> > If you are going to abandon the project, release it on PyPI with a dual
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> > MIT and GPL licence, and let it be taken over by somebody else.
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> > If you were looking for sympathy here, starting off by removing your
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> > project from free hosting, then complaining that you can't pay for the
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> > non-free hosting, was NOT the right way to do so.
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> I might be misunderstanding, but I think Etienne wants money in 
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> exchange for letting someone else take over. 
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> > By the way, the latest version of notmm (0.4.4) has an empty licence
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> > file. No licence means that everyone using it is unlicenced and therefore
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> > infringing your copyright.
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I think it is OK to have some string attatched in those open source projects.

Nowadays the software industry is just like the perfume and prtinting 
and the audio-video entaertainment   industry.

The replication cost is so  low. Don't forget the lawsuites in Facebook 
about  the participants charged the founder in the courts.