<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:57, Antoine Pitrou <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:solipsis@pitrou.net">solipsis@pitrou.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">Chris Withers <chris <at> <a href="http://simplistix.co.uk" target="_blank">simplistix.co.uk</a>> writes:<br>
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</div><div class="im">> *sigh* I don't see it as hijacking, provided Guido is making a BDFL<br>
> pronouncement that you're maintaining this software<br>
<br>
</div>Well, what you are proposing *is* hijacking. PJE is not paid or employed by<br>
Guido, he is the full author of setuptools. Forking is of course fine (this is<br>
free software), but saying "I overthrow you as the maintainer of this software"<br>
is not.<br>
<br>
While you (and I) may be unsatisfied with PJE's maintenance style, personal<br>
(dis)affection should not be what motivates our decisions. A piece of software<br>
has an author who has some moral rights on it, and should be treated with<br>
respect. After all, when an author decides to release code under a free license,<br>
it shows a fair amount of trust and respect towards the user; it is only fair<br>
that the user shows the same amount of trust and respect (*).<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>FWIW I agree with Antoine.</div><div><br></div><div>-Brett</div></div>