Re: [Tinycc-devel] License is too restrictive for real-world use.

[KHMan]

On 3/2/2016 6:08 PM, John B wrote:
> [snip]
> Maybe being upfront with this community was a mistake but I knew that risk and 
> 10/10 would take it again.  I just wish you would see that at least I am not 
> lying to anyone.  Again, you ask for kickbacks fine but don't do it in the same 
> email as trying to take a moral high ground with me.

I would like to say that I greatly respect Daniel's position, much 
more than yours.

As for your project, I wish you a sincere good luck. You know, 
there are great MIT-licensed JIT compilers around. Happy hacking!

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> Subject: Re: [Tinycc-devel] License is too restrictive for real-world use.
>
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 08:38:45AM +0000, John B wrote:
> > I love playing around with toys and trying to make them better. It beats
> > sudoku.  But I am not going to surreptitiously steal the software but on
> > the cooperative flip side of that coin, I don't want to release my code,
> > either.
>
> After reading your side of the story, I have the feeling that keeping my
> parts of TinyCC as LGPL was the right choice.
>
> TinyCC is a small project with very few active developers. If your product
> uses TinyCC, you should feel the responsibility of committing improvements
> you made back the main project. (If on the other hand your product consists
> mainly of a modified version of TinyCC, you can try to convince us by
> offering a share of your earnings. ;)
>
> Best regards,
>
>    Daniel

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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia