Re: Arabeyes & Open Source

[Munzir Taha <munzirtaha at myrealbox dot com>]

I have just read the message and it's too late to comment now but I love to contribute in this funny thread 
because I need to understand something. First, it's also clear to me that 
it's April fool not because I am so clever but because I remember last April 
when someone forged the email header of Linus Torvalds and send a message to 
the Kernel list in his behalf telling he's angry about the comments of other 
regarding he's been late in .... The message is serious enough to be believed 
by most of the World (me for sure). The man who wrote it is sure to be 
involved in the kernel development. Please, try to search for it in 
linuxtoday.com, and you will entertain it and won't forget it ;-)

Now, let me be serious a little. Isam reasoning is clear to me theoratically, 
at least. But what if Elzubeir deleted all of the files in the server and in 
sourcforge. Suppose also no one happen to have a copy of one project or more, 
won't we lose it? Suppose, also that he developed these programs and sold it 
after making numerous changes how can you prove it?

I know Elzubeir won't do it because he has the best commitment to the project 
(largest no of commits ;-) ) But I just want to understand.

> OK, it was obvious that this is a joke ! at least this is what occurred to
> me when I read the post :-)
> Now being frank, do you think that Arabeyes-core have the right to do such
> a thing ? NO, if Arabeyes decided to go close Source we will Sue it (oh I
> will Sue my self!:-) )
>
> Now please remember that most of the efforts made here are GPL, Duali is
> BSD, and VIM is GPL-compatable.. so the source code, and translation files,
> and everything that we are working on, and the fruits of your efforts are
> really Owned by you, and your neighbor, and you cousin, everyone  :-)
> So, such thing won't happen, because it can't happen ! :-) I You own the
> fruit of Arabeyes members efforts as much as everyone, including the
> founders of Arabeyes..
>
> So Take your breath, and thing about benefits of your work with Arabeyes,
> and what you've do if this joke was not a joke, do we really need Arabeyes
> ?

-- 
Munzir Taha,
Telecommunications and Electronics Engineer,
Certified Internet Webmaster, (CIW),
Microsoft Office User Specialist, (MOUS),
New Horizons Computer Learning Centers,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia