I don't know how to respond to this; I've been stewing about it all day.
First, some facts:
The 2013-05-23 version consists of at least 71 files and totals around
39913 lines of code. Documentation is not counted in those totals. I
started the project in late 2005. The source code was released in 2011 and
there were several releases between then and the latest open source
version. I have close to 10 years of hobby time invested in this project.
10 years of writing code, testing it, performance tuning it, debugging it,
writing documentation, helping other people get it running, etc. I gave
all of that work away freely and have never collected anything of value
from it.
I have contributed to open source software both as an individual hobbyist
and as a paid professional. (Yes, I have been paid to write free software.)
What you regret and what your preferences really are not relevant here. I
am expressing my freedom to enjoy my hobby as I see fit, and I have decided
that for the moment that releasing the source code is not a priority
compared to other things in my life. It is my choice as to how and when I
spend my hobby time.
I am not denying anybody their freedom. People can choose to use what they
want. I have given people a great set of networking tools that make
FreeDOS and other flavors of DOS more useful. You have ranted like a
little child because this year the gift was not quite as large as you
expected. Shame on you.
On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Em Mon, 7 Sep 2015 15:37:18 -0700
> Michael Brutman <[email protected]> escreveu:
>
> > If the lack of source code prevents you from using mTCP I regret that
> > and I encourage you to question your assumption that without source
> > code it is not "clean" or "good" enough for you.
>
> I regret that you've released it as non-free software. I wonder what
> do you want to achieve, besides power over the users of your package.
> You are denying them a freedom they deserve to have, that is, they
> deserve to control their computing, rather than begging to a
> particular person or entity for changes they need or want made into
> the package. I'd sincerely prefer that you hadn't released your
> package at all and I urge people --- that value their freedom --- to
> ignore the current version and fork the latest free version and
> maintain it that way, so FreeDOS users can regain their freedom and
> control when doing their networking.
>
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html
>
>
> --
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>
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>
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> match those of the GNU project. Hereby I express my own opinion,
> style and perception, in good faith, aiming the betterment of GNU.
>
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