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| Posted by Steffen Haeuser on 10-Jul-2002 18:59 GMT | In reply to Comment 50 (Anonymous):
Hi!
Anonymous:
With your reasoning you'd have to release the source code once you typed the
first character and used something in GPL. As I said before as long as I
did not distribute Quake 2 I am not obliged to release any source code.
Any other discussion is useless. And no, Betatester is not distribution
(unless the GPL would write somewhere "distribution in our view also includes
Betaversions" - but there is nothing like this anywhere in the GPL). And I think
there is a reason why this is not included. The reason is if it WOULD be included
you could no longer betatest GPL-ed programs, and would need to release
untested versions... and this would make GPL-ed stuff completely useless
for Developers of course. And after all the makers of the GPL surely wanted
it to be used :)
I am not willing to give the GPL any more
power than it is actually demanding and will execute it TO THE LETTER, after all those
annoying discussins with GPL fanatics. GPL
fanatics like you are those hurting "the mission of the GPL" most. And I recommend you
to read comment 39 of Mike Veroukis again in case you still did not get it.
And I have to repeat again "Biting the hand which feeds you is an extremely
popular sport in the Amiga community." Sigh. Why am I even bother talking to a
person who does not even believe in his own words enough to sign with his
real name.
To all you patient people I can say at this place that this time Quake 2
really is nearing completion, together with ports of around 40 Game-Mods (most of the
Mods are Closed-Source, BTW, before someone asks - some are also Open-Source,
though, and one, StarWars Quake 2 is even GPL). You should be able play it soon.
And yes, the source-code of Quake 2 will be also available then, at a time not too
far in the future.
Steffen Haeuser |
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