irclog2html for #tacobeam on 20040706

00:01.40scanlinezak: you should get your clothes out of the dryer so I can use it :)
00:10.45scanlinezak: pokeypoke
00:12.15SamyJust watched "Return of the Dragon", "Enter the Dragon", and "Fists of Fury" for the first time.
00:12.46SamyAll of which have sub-standard story lines, especially "Return of the Dragon" (which is certainly the worst of three, but has very very nice fight scenes).
00:35.26SamyGNOME is changing.
00:35.34SamyIt's going to own now, yes indeed.
00:35.35Samyhttp://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-devel-list/2004-July/msg00008.html
00:38.22SamyWhy cough?
00:38.56scanlineit's an interesting approach to mailing list spam
00:39.17Samylol
00:39.58SamyNothing.
00:40.06scanlinelurgy: he's just some wacko trying to peddle a shareware gedit clone
00:40.07SamyThis guy wanted: Money, fame and power from nothing.
00:41.06lurgyoh, shareware?
00:41.10lurgypff
00:41.45SamyI respect people who commercialize their work, but only when their work is worth it. Even worst, rather than properly taking advantage of open-source to gain the experience and knowledge needed in the real world, they try to scam their way through with half-assed software.
00:42.04SamyLook at the end of the message, he has no clue how to implement source-code highlighting.
00:42.24SamyWhich he could basically copy from Scintilla or gedit's plugin, etc...
00:42.29SamyHe doesn't even have the ability for this.
00:42.44lurgyif he included gedit's plugin, he might have to GPL his whole app
00:42.53lurgywhich would be bad news for getting money for it
00:42.58Samy"steal" the code lurgy.
00:43.06SamyRead the code, re-write it for his application.
00:43.16lurgywell, the same goes no matter which verb you use there :)
00:43.26SamyNo.
00:43.38SamyA rewrite doesn't need to be GPl.
00:44.02lurgybut why bother rewriting?
00:44.37Samynm.
00:44.54lurgyi'm sure he could find a product with syntax hilighting under the BSD or LGPL or other such similar, more flexible licenses :)
00:45.08Samyand, ignoring the option of rewriting (which is again, very simple given a similar code-base), GPLing plug-ins is actually a good thing for business.
00:45.45lurgywell.. not if you want people to pay for your product.. then you have to open the source code, no?
00:46.08lurgy..and then others could package it and release it
00:46.15SamyActually, a GPL plugin is not possible I think.
00:46.24lurgy=) certainly not wise
00:46.31SamySince it's a "component"
00:46.38SamyA plugin can behave as you wish lurgy.
00:46.47SamyYou can gear it towards being very specific to your application.
00:46.55Samyex: Stack/multi-layer based procedures
00:47.20lurgysure, the plugin can behave as i want, but i doubt he's going to have an identical plugin architecture to GEdit in his app
00:47.28lurgywhich means he'd have to "rewrite"
00:47.28SamyThe core application using these APIs, which is closed source, can have a pretty obscure API.
00:47.43lurgythough i get what you're saying
00:47.52lurgyyes, it's unlikely the gedit plugins are GPL'ed :)
00:48.01SamyAgain, no. "Rewriting" from a similar code-base is very trivial.
00:48.15Samyand you know, we're arguing over a pretty...pathetic application here lurgy :)
00:48.21lurgyyep :)
00:48.23lurgyit's pretty silly
00:48.23Samyheh
00:48.32SamyWell, back to helping my mom.
00:49.03lurgymkay
00:49.06lurgybe seeing you :)
00:51.49*** topic/#tacobeam by lurgy -> now with the soothing aroma of curry || if you are begging for money to "put together" a meal, but won't take food when it is handed to you, you obviously shouldn't be begging. || (..or it's pretty obvious you weren't really looking for food.. =P)
00:55.47*** topic/#tacobeam by lurgy -> now with the soothing aroma of curry || if you are begging for money to "put together" a meal, but won't take food when it is handed to you, you obviously shouldn't be begging. || (..or it's pretty obvious you weren't really looking for food, or need to be less picky.. =P)
00:56.11CIA-7navi-misc: 03micah * r4656 10rcpod/ (4 files in 3 dirs):
00:56.11CIA-7navi-misc: Tweak the tc74_test benchmarking a bit, enable all transmission types, and fix a
00:56.11CIA-7navi-misc: couple bugs related to long reads and write_read transmissions with no write
00:56.11CIA-7navi-misc: bytes. This seems to be working on a serial EEPROM now, and soon this will get
00:56.11CIA-7navi-misc: some test cases.
01:17.08CIA-7galago: 03chipx86 * r1000 10libgalago-gtk/ (ChangeLog libgalago-gtk/galago-gtk-presence-menu-item.c): Don't hide the presence menu item when the account signs off. This is commit #1000! Too bad it sucks, but it is a bug fix at least!
01:31.51*** join/#tacobeam steph (SD_Slick@c-67-170-127-241.client.comcast.net)
01:35.21scanlineyay, 1000