clvrmnky wrote:
On 18/10/2005 8:10 PM, Sigurd Stenersen wrote:
Bob McConnell wrote:
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 03:16:40 +0200, Sigurd Stenersen wrote:
Bob McConnell wrote:
If you published the source under the GPL, you might find a few
people interested in porting it to a real OS. I wouldn't dare
install DirectX on any computer with a NIC, but don't have any use
for a box without one.

Really ? Wow ! How incredibly interesting...

Interesting because someone else might be interested in the code, or
because someone actually cares about the security of their
computers?

Neither. I was being ironic.

Why don't you just make your own software and throw it away like
that, if you have the skills ? Or are you just bitching because you
don't have the ability ?

So far, I'm the only one giving away great work for free here...

Well, it is free as in beer, for now. Everyone loves free beer!

That's irrelevant. It's great software, and all the feedback I have gotten
(with the exception of that from one or two anonymous "contributors" on
news) supports this fact.

More than four thousand downloads in just a few weeks is another indicator.


The only real reason you might want to hang onto the
source is if you plan on selling it as a proprietary product in the
future.

I don't have any plans to sell this product in the future. I made this as a
contribution to the continued use of Morse code, and the fact that there has
been more than 4,000 downloads in just a few weeks indicate that it is
already a SOLID contribution.

Either way, the source code belongs to me, I decide what to do with it and I
don't feel the need to justify that to anyone.


Even then, it may be to your advantage to open the source up
to take advantage of what other people can do. Any copyrights still
reside with you. Allowing someone to spin off a native OS X or Linux
version will only benefit you, as most small software projects never
make any money anyway.

Point taken. Still, it's my baby, and as I never expected to make money
from it I don't really need any of those "benefits".


There are more than a few Morse training programs available for free
(at least for Win32.)

Yes, there are. So what reason could I possibly have for spending time on
creating this one ? Could it be that most of the others are not all that
good ?


What is missing is a real solid suite of Morse
tools available under a truly open license.

I don't miss that at all.

I have made a solid contribution to the continued use of Morse code. What
have you contributed, besides negativity ?


It still remains to be seen whether or not this software is an example
of "great work" or not

Not for me. Why don't you download it and give it a try, instead of just
working real hard to find something to complain about ?


LB3KB, Sigurd
http://justlearnmorsecode.com