Something is wrong here (PHP-Nuke and GPL)
Posted on Saturday, May 26 @ 05:21:14 PDT by nukelite
Article Updated with this one (End of Story)
Hello Nukers! As all of you already know, on August 2,000 I started this project
for two reasons. One was to start learning PHP and the other one to have a cool
code for my last news site. Now, PHP-Nuke walked a long way in just a few months
and now I'm 100% dedicated to this. Maybe I don't make some thing in the correct
way at sometimes, but I always tried to stay under the rules, as far as I know.
There are some people out there like Bjorn Sodergren (Sweede) and Harry Zink, among
others, that each time they refers to PHP-Nuke and my person what I receive are
flames. Also they allege a GPL violation for the Betas and RC1 of PHP-Nuke and NukeAddon
because I omitted all the text files, included credits and license texts. This omition
was intentionaly and I considered not important because those versions are for Developers
only and not intended for distribution or final users.
Harry contacted and disturbed Mandrakesoft about this. Mandrakesoft people just
asked me to do something at this respect. They don't control PHP-Nuke, they just
give a very good support to the project and PHP-Nuke is alive today thanks for this
support.
When Harry contacted me about this topic I answered at his same manners.
Anyway... I don't want to look like a crying children here, my decision was to reupload
the RC1 with all his text files included CREDITS and COPYING.
My following decision are:
1) Sweede, Harry et al that like to flame me on the mailing list Phpnuke@mailman.netzmail.com
are not welcome in this community, my suggestion is that those people just need
to shutdown that list or rename it Phpnuke-Flaming or anti-Phpnuke or something
like that. Make whatever you want but leave from here and from any PHP-Nuke related
activities. Don't expect answer from me anymore.
2) I'll never open to CVS or similar this project. I don't want more flames because
licenses troubles, or because people (developers) just forgot to put credits here
and there.
3) I'll not release more Betas, RC or work in progress versions. Why? because they
are for developers and is a complete waste of bandwidht and space to add innecesary
files.
At this moment I feel VERY dissapointed with this, maybe too much now, maybe tomorrow
will be another day. If we are strict in the terms of GPL, yes I violated it on
Betas and RC1, so I want to apologize with all you, Nukers. You deserve the best,
the best from this user's community and the best from me, but never ask to me to
be perfect because I can't. I made my best, I made all this waiting for nothing...
many of you sent gifts to me and I appreciate it a lot... but try to understand
that a few people's efforts to hurt, sometimes have its effects.
I would like to know all your opinions, (not included those from the two mentioned
folks, I don't care a bit about them) so if I'm making something wrong I can make
corrections and maybe we can be near the perfection sometime in the future. Please
comment here, is important tfor me to know your thoughts.
Best Regards! and thanks for your attention.
Francisco Burzi
Copyright 2001