RE: [IPCop-devel] Remove Smoothwall Credits!

> From: Joe Matuscak  Sent: 31 July 2002 14:55
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> I dont particularly buy the idea that there is any compelling=20
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> Smoothwall credits in there. If the idea is to umh, express=20
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> think it appropriate to give credit to the folks that did all=20
> the real heavy lifting. As a start:
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> Gee, This could be educational :-) =20
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And we could take it to the extreme to point out the ridiculous nature
of it.  RM _should_ be happy because the Smoothwall team would be
credited.  He may not be so happy about the fact that their approx. 14
names would be hidden amongst many thousands of others.

I like it.  Let's do it :)

OTOH we could just appease Richard and get over it.  Defending IPCop
from legal action would be a waste of time and money and I've see enough
stupid legal decisions to think that it's not worth it. =20

You must remember that Richard is making at least some of his living
from Smoothwall and IPCop is a (free) competitor whereas for the IPCop
team it is just something they do in their spare time (even though some
of the team do make money from IPCop).

Anyone who really wants to make a point of this could maybe think about
creating their own fork with the credits left out.

Dave