gregjohn wrote:

> http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Bugs/4.0

I added my own comment to the page. Unfortunately this sort of bias seems to
be common from folks in the GPL zone (e.g. we all remember Giram's rant
archived at http://warp.povusers.org/giramvspovray.html), but this new one is
probably one of the best examples I've seen.

Why ? Because we *explicitly permit his distribution*, even going so far as
to mention Knoppix in our distribution license*, and yet Klaus Knopper
*still* claims he can't distribute POV (in his words "at this point, I really
think it gets inacceptable") and uses this as an excuse to push the old "pov
should go OSS" line.

Unfortunately I don't think my correction will do any good as my experience
with this sort of thing is that some folks won't let facts get in the way of
a healthy dose of bias**.

Honestly I had expected better from someone with as high a profile as Klaus.

-- Chris

* yes, it did cost us money to get those terms added to the license; our
  lawyer charges by the hour and we had to sort out the exact wording. We
  added it *because* we want to support projects like knoppix and yet we
  still get this sort of crap. sometimes I wonder why I even bother.

** since he refers to our current distribution license in his comments and
   asks you to read it, he can't claim ignorance of its contents, which then
   strongly suggests that he's just plain biased (perhaps because we're not
   "pure" by OSS standards. yes! we are the non-OSS heathen! run, run away!!)

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