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  Re: Licensing, Ethics, Open Source and Philosophy  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 17 Jul 2008 12:40:44
Message: <487f760c$1@news.povray.org>
Nicolas George wrote:
> Thorsten Froehlich  wrote in message <487f709d$1@news.povray.org>:
>> The source code was never closed. POV-Ray is and always was open source.
> 
> For three years, there was a binary without its source code. That is not
> open source.

I do not recall the POV-Ray 3.6 source code having vanished from Earth any 
time in the past since its initial release.

> And you did not answer the important question:
> 
> Do you not agree that, in order to attract contributors, you need to make
> them feel welcome?

Yes, I agree that every team member needs to greet all contributors with 
flowers personally.

	Thorsten


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