At 07:06 AM 2/20/2002, Jeremy White wrote:
For the record, I perceived Brett's comment as very insulting; it called into question both my integrity and Alexandre's integrity.
Jeremy:
There are good reasons to question Codeweavers' integrity.
1) Codeweavers has shrouded its motivations for calling for a license change in secrecy. Why? I can think of no legitimate motive that would be served by such secrecy -- only illegitimate ones. Let's hear the "deep, dark secret" that is so utterly compelling that it caused you to do an about-face, abandoning all of the principles to which you claimed to adhere before.
2) There appears to be no reason why Codeweavers would, under any rational business plan, want WINE to be licensed under a viral license. Codeweavers will surely lose consulting customers, and WINE will lose contributors, users, and supporters. The company's motives are therefore suspect.
3) Last November, you and Codeweavers expressed a strong commitment to maintaining WINE under a truly free license. You also promised me, personally, that under no circumstances would you or Codeweavers support the adoption of a viral license.
You lied, Jeremy. To me and to others who thought that your word was worth something.
By going back on this commitment, Codeweavers has betrayed those such as myself, who have used, promoted, and/or advocated WINE because of its licensing. If Codeweavers is willing to lie about such an important matter, can it be trusted to tell the truth about any other?
I'm sorry, Jeremy, but if you go through with this you will have destroyed every last shred of credibility or integrity you might ever have had.
--Brett Glass