Once upon a time Mohammed Elzubeir wrote @ Wed, 2 Apr 2003 00:06:19 -0500 > On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 09:27:58AM +0300, Munzir Taha wrote: > > > > 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? > > Alright.. let's assume that someone puts a gun to my head and makes me > do what you are saying above (I don't see any other reason I would want > to do that).. and I delete all CVS and downloadable files on sf.net. > The good news is, many people have a checked out copy of the CVS.. so > they can put those files together again. I would also probably want to > find a good palce to hide (as I'm sure there will be some _very_ angry > people after me ;) > You can't delete released files from sourceforge, You can DISABLE them but they are still there ;) As for katoob, I have every single version of it staying here in my home dir, The latest version of Quran, vim arabic patch i hope i didn't forget anything :D > As far as your 'sale' scenario.. well, that can be said of any programmer > for any project.. nothing specific to me ;) > > > > > 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. > > > > Oh really? I made it! Heheh.. well, the number of commits don't really > reflect the highest commitment necessarily.. it is one of the many > factors. > > later > -- > ------------------------------------------------------- > | Mohammed Elzubeir | Visit us at: | > | | http://www.arabeyes.org/ | > | Arabeyes Project | Homepage: | > | Unix the 'right' way | http://fakkir.net/~elzubeir/| > ------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Was I helpful? Let others know: > http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=elzubeir > -- ---------------- -- Katoob Main Developer Linux registered user # 224950 ICQ # 58475622 FIRST make it run, THEN make it run fast "Brian Kernighan".
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