From: Greg Donald Date: 2009-08-22T03:04:56+09:00 Subject: Re: Github and _why On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:13 PM, John W Higgins wrote: > I get the concept It's pretty clear you don't. > I just don't think you get to break down my door because > I stopped giving access to the code. No doors are being broken down. Making copies of backup files available for access (again) doesn't make the original versions go away. The guy wasn't giving his actual files away even before this happened, he was giving away _copies_ of the files, copies that were licensed with rights to redistribute no less. Making a copy of a file doesn't make anyone lose the original version like your broken door analogy implies. This is very different than someone stealing your coffee table.. it can't be copied like a file can. The files were open source and they still are. This is how open source works. This particular code certainly isn't the first to be resurrected from a no-longer-interested open source developer, and it won't be the last. Honestly it's just one guy, it's not that big of a deal. I think the chunky bacon stuff was fairly silly anyway, it's certainly not how I prefer to go about learning. And it's not like there aren't enough smart people around to continue forward progress with the code if the need exists. For the life of me I can't understand why any anyone even cares about this. Wouldn't you be more interested in discussing Rails3 or something? -- Greg Donald http://destiney.com/