How about requesting final clearance on code variation like Linus did?
Fred
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephanie Maks [mailto:steph_at_maksystems.com]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:21 AM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] SkyGuide and other downsides of closed source
Mike, I understand what you are saying. If I was working on a project
where
I was collaborating with someone from the start, or had gotten stumped
on a
particular feature and needed to enlist some help, then I could see
sharing
the source with one, or a handful of individuals.
For the projects I've been working on, however, it is more a question of
having the time to put the finishing touches onto them that I desire. I
admit a part of this is emotional rather than logical or intellectual,
but
if I release the source for a half finished project, then by the time I
have
finished it the way I want, there could perhaps be another one or two
versions out there, which don't work the way I want.
I know this is a mostly emotional rhetorical question, but isn't it good
enough that people are still working on free-ware for the Newton?
The very minor, meager programs that I've worked on aren't complicated
or
special, and are likely to only appeal to a small portion of Newton
users;
but they are new, and they are free. And I will release the source on
all
of them, but not till I'm good and gosh darn ready.
-Stephanie
> Isn't one of the biggest arguments for opening your source code the
fact
> you can get assistance developing it? Dosen't keeping the source
closed
> until it's finished negate this advantage? Is there any particular
> reason you don't want anyone else to see the source until you're
> finished?
>=20
> Mike "Why must every sentance be a question"
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