[H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
> There's valid arguments on both sides. On the one hand - yes, if Windows
> users are accustomed to using many FOSS apps, then their transition to
> Linux will be much smoother (and more likely), but OTOH they might also
> lose the motivation to switch at all (apathy). It's touch and go what
> the actual outcome would be.
> I've had very direct dealings with the Amarok team (including Monroe),
> and I have to say that my concerns about them have not entirely been
> allayed. Monroe issued the equivalent of a takedown notice against the
> Fedora maintainer of the Amarok package, essentially because our version
> linked against GStreamer, and Monroe didn't like that fact. I went
> berserk and read Monroe the Riot Act (or more specifically the GPL),
You should've just said "I can do what I want with it as long as I make the
source code available, what business is it of your how I choose to package
it?" and left it at that.
No need to start a flamewar, just ignore the idiots who don't understand
GPL. (Doesn't matter who the idiot is, maintainer, creator, whatever, if
they release as gpl they have to accept the possibility of forks and
linkages they might not like)
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