At 2022-06-03T16:00:15-0400, Clem Cole wrote:
> Recently a situation has arisen that compromises some of these principles
> and thus the entire status of the project, creating consternation among
> many users and contributors.
I wonder if that issue would be the one referred to here.
https://twitter.com/the_aiju/status/1526921795139514368
(I understand if Clem doesn't want to directly answer that.)
It's probably impolitic to reference that matter, and if I'm right
that's no doubt why reference to same was omitted from the announcement
email. It is traditional for such statements to be high-minded even if
they wouldn't be necessary but for the rather low conduct that compels
their issue in response.
The above situation seems similar to others we've seen before. It's
probably even more impolitic to note that in the Debian Project, this
sort of licensing shenangians would be referred to as "pulling a Jörg
Schilling"[1].
This stuck a chord for me this evening. I completely understand why such a saying would come into being, having watched things like cdrecord as a young person - I totally get the view on licenses here. But I had a chance to work with Jörg, if only tangentially, on a project and found him to be warm, engaging, brilliant and overall quite pleasant. I was in a unique position to connect Jörg and Henry (yes, that Henry) to talk about some old Unix arcana and it was magic to witness. I hope that in addition to Jörg's eccentricities people also remember how neat he was as a person. He was a brilliant mind.
Thanks
-Ben
I expect that time will soon tell whether an even better term would be
"committing an XFree86".
On a positive note, I'd like to express my thanks to the SIMH
contributors past and present for making it straightforward to verify
the behavior Unix V7 troff in my development work on groff.
If Open SIMH remains dedicated to software freedom in the GNU and DFSG
senses I expect it will enjoy overwhelming support.
Cheers,
Branden
[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/195167/