Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: James Tait Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Giving Code Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 03:18:14 +0100 Organization: Wyrd Dreams - Internet Realities Lines: 24 Message-ID: <361437E6.4BFA5A5D@wyrddreams.demon.co.uk> References: <3613857a.4432702@news.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: wyrddreams.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.27 i586) Hi all, I'll stick my nose in again. *8O) In general I think people are pretty happy to release their sources. There may be a variety of reasons for this - perhaps they're just friendly, generous people, perhaps they want recognition, perhaps they actually like people to see their code and say "Hey, that's good!" or "Wow, that really sucks." In my case I think it's a combination of these. However, there is something else to consider - the GNU General Public License. I realise that some of us aren't using GCC, but those who are are bound by the GPL - if someone asks for your source, you must supply it. I don't recall seeing any exemptions from this in the agreement that I signed which leads me to suspect that this is one (very big) reason for Sony choosing GCC instead of some nice, fancy-looking compiler. I could be talking absolute crap, but that would be nothing new. *8O) Anyhow, whatever the reasons I hope people continue to make their source code available and that the general community spirit remains. I think things are going very well in that respect so far - proof positive that a largely unmoderated discussion group can work. Do you feel ill yet? Take care, JT