Re: [Fwd: Giovanni B. Perotti leaves IBM]

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mel,

no argument.  But it would be nice if they would.

Don in DC

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Mel Rothman wrote:

> No, CGIDEV2 is copyrighted by IBM.  Although IBM generously allows its use 
> with no obvious restrictions, it cannot become open source until IBM makes it 
> so.
>
> Mel Rothman, CGIDEV2 Author
> Mel Rothman, Inc.
>
> Brad Stone wrote:
> > It IS open source.
> >
> > Brad
> > www.bvstools.com
> >
> > On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:00:35 -0400 (EDT)
> >  Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Uh.....as I recall, Tools was FREE as part of the O/S
> > > distribution up through 3.1  ....it's not free any more.
> > > And, as I understand it, there were several folks
> > > contributing to Tools in the original days above and
> > > beyond Jim Sloan.
> > >
> > > Why not make it an open source project and let Giovanni
> > > ride herd on organizing and setting standards and
> > > direction?
> > >
> > > Don in DC
> > >
> > > > --
> > Bradley V. Stone
> > BVS.Tools
> > www.bvstools.com
>
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