Re: [Mingw-users] 64-bit MinGW

Op 24-5-2014 21:45 Earnie Boyd schreef:
> If there was as much time spent on producing patches for MinGW.org as
> there is in speculative rumor and assumption the project would be
> further along with its own 64bit compliant headers.
>
> The fact is Kai did not produce a patch, he produced a replacement and
> we pushed back asking for patches.  He decided to take it up with the
> company he works for and that company's lawyers blessed it; so Kai
> started a new project.  I refuse to speculate one way or another as to
> infringement or not; I don't have the time to look but because his
> company's lawyers saw nothing and because Redhat's lawyers with Cygwin
> blessed it then my assumption would be that they are copesetic with
> regard to copyright goodness.
>
> I am not saying Kai was correct in his decision to fork but he had the
> right to do so and I will not throw mud or hold hostility toward him
> for it.  Let us consider the subject closed and move MinGW.org toward
> a more complete product.
>

Isn't that one of the blessings of open source? That everybody can take 
the source and fork it.
Only being f[ou][rc]ked doesn't feel so nice...

regards,

-- 
Erwin