Sriharsha Vedurmudi said on Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 10:12:23PM +0530,:
Are you going to compensate for the losses incurred? A few hundreds
Why did you pay the `mastermind' then?
Do you expect that the mastermind will bring his mutated code for your kind perusal and dance and make merry when you discover that it is not original? Coming to why I did not take action, I got in touch with them
THAT is, why, my dear, we have the concept of `COPYLEFT'. If the software was free, and also `copylefted', using a free license with strong copyleft provisions, like the GNU GPL (and NOT a mere open source license), this master mind certainly can be forced to spew out the code and his modifications.
Have a look at sections 2 and 3 of the GNU GPL.
after the damage was done. Ofcourse the problem was solved.
Ah. But surely, this is the first mail you say this? Or did I miss any of the previous mails?
It really is not fair (or useful) to complain about a solved problem, without telling us what it was, and how you solved it. If you tell us how it arose, AND ALSO how you solved it, we might be able to identify the flaws (if any) involved in the community process and fix it. That way, you would be helping the community by assisting the community to fix the problem you encountered, and thus ensuring that another person or user does not face a similar problem in the future.