[OT] Re: request to ban 'no source' contributions
- Posted by "William Heimbigner" <icxcnika at hotpop.com> Sep 23, 2004
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Lomax" <petelomax at blueyonder.co.uk> To: <EUforum at topica.com> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 1:15 PM Subject: Re: request to ban 'no source' contributions > > > Oooh, a flame war.. let me join in <quotes a movie line> Person 1: Heeelllllllllllllpppp! Person 2: Somebody! Call the police! Person 3: <scottish accent>Call the fire department!</scottish accent> </quote> Who can tell me where thats from? > It goes without saying that everyone on this list prefers open source. > > However I see no reason whatsoever to prohibit closed source or > even /commercial/ entries. That applies not only to programs and > libraries a programmer might find useful, but also applications whose > only relevance is to showcase what can be achieved with Euphoria. > > Even if something is free, but there is no source, so /you/ will not > use it, why do you want to limit /my/ options? > > Regards, > Pete > > > >