Comments on: Oxygen redux: Can do Vs. Should do

By: Gnome dà lezioni di stile e correttezza proteggendo Oxygen « RamieLinux world and beyond

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:08:13 +0000

[...] concetto di OS non ha pensato che la gente spende energie e tempo per realizzare piccoli sogni.Sia Wade Olson che Nuno Pinheiro hanno lamentato le proprie ragioni.Naturalmente le Oxygen messe a disposizione di [...]

By: Подобро добар план денес, отколку совршен утре. » Архива на блогот » Вистината за Oxygen иконите

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:03:47 +0000

[...] Понатаму авторот на текстот на Linux.com продолжува со неговите критики и вели вака – „A few days later, Wade Olson of KDE’s Marketing Working Group attacked the theme packager in his own blog post, calling the second-hand theme morally suspect and a violation of the Social Contract. Commenters on his blog cheered as well, and soon began to attack the theme packager in comments on the theme’s page at the art portal gnome-look.org.“ И сега од тука па натамо типо веќе и претерува со погрешно израсување и погрешно претставување на некои други мисли. Ова како да е намерно напишано некако – најверојатно типо е Гномаш. Директна врска до изјавата на Wade Olson. [...]

By: Techwriter’s den » Blog Archive » Five golden rules for a journalist

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:00:57 +0000

[...] push other developers away from their work”. In the first case we have a designer and a spokesperson who express disagreement with people not having respect for their (or, rather, Oxygen designers) [...]

By: meren

meren — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:05:08 +0000

OMG. People keep saying “If you don’t want people to use it, change the license”. Yeah, such a smart advice. It’s a shame authors didn’t think about it.

This is not something that can be solved by “protecting” stuff by changing it’s license or by keeping it secret till the release date. This idea requires something which it’s one of the most important things in open source worlds foundation: humane.

So don’t defend the coarseness with cheap attorney arguments. Think about it.

By: Box Online » Blog Archive » Linux.com :: When open source projects close the process, something’s wrong

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:25:40 +0000

[...] few days later, Wade Olson of KDE’s Marketing Working Group attacked the theme packager in his own blog post, calling the second-hand theme morally suspect and a violation of the Social [...]

By: When open source projects close the process, something’s wrong

When open source projects close the process, something’s wrong — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:47:31 +0000

[...] few days later, Wade Olson of KDE’s Marketing Working Group attacked the theme packager in his own blog post, calling the second-hand theme morally suspect and a violation of the Social [...]

By: Bible Nut

Bible Nut — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:53:28 +0000

Fortunately we have things called Social Contracts which are frankly just extensions of the Golden Rule or as Jesus so eloquently put it, “Behave and quit bothering each other.”

I believe what you are looking for is “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself.” You might also use “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

As much as I realize it is a paraphrase, it is a poor one.

By: Dr Gonzo

Dr Gonzo — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:22:41 +0000

If you want to keep your stuff secret until you decide to release, then don’t license it with an open license until you’re ready to release. It’s just that simple.

Nobody made you use the licenses you chose. Since you’ve chosen them, you legally have to abide by them, and getting ticked about people doing things the license allows is really nobody’s problem but yours.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:06:09 +0000

I don’t think the popcorn analogy is apt. The popcorn isn’t gone, there’s an unlimited supply of it. If you weren’t ready for people to eat it, you shouldn’t have put it out.

Neither is the yelling surprise or pregnancy. If I’m publicly announcing either of those things beforehand on a visible, publicly accessable website, I really shouldn’t be surprised when knowledge of my efforts through word of mouth exceeds the range of my own voice.

I really don’t get it.

By: Nnyan

Nnyan — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:38:44 +0000

You guys have GOT to be kidding. This is an open source project which was “supposed” to be more then just icons. The fact is you released it with licenses that allow reuse. If you guys are so uptight about being the first to release then don’t use a license that allows this.

Amazing that open source projects have come to this. You should be HAPPY that others are using your icons since that is the spirit of F/OSS. Instead you guys show the world that you’re not better then the closed source people and are in fact a bunch of sissy’s getting their panties up in a bunch b/c someone did something first.

BOO HOO HOO.