From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-08-17T04:12:08+09:00
Subject: Re: About ruvi

vruz wrote:
> Gavin and Hans, welcome to the Ruby Gestapo.
> 
> Is this yet another censorship effort from the newborn establishment ?
> 
> Read my lips:
> "Anyone can release anything they want, whenever they want in any form
> they want"
> 
> You're not obliged to use their code, if you don't want it, 
> try to be constructive at least.
> 
> Now, let's all repeat: 
> "Free Speech, Free Speech, Free Speech"

No one is trying to stop anyone from releasing anything.

And no one is stifling free speech.

Alex is free to call ruvi a vim clone if he wishes. And he is
emphatically free to code it and release it.

However, it is natural for people to take exception to something
like this.

Those who like ruvi are welcome to use it. But personally -- and
I think this is all Gavin and Hans were saying -- when I compare
ruvi's functionality to vim's, I'm reminded of Monty Python's
"cheese shop" skit.

But to someone who only uses 1% of vim's features, ruvi will
indeed be a clone (assuming it's the same 1%).

For heaven's sake, let's be civil.


Hal