The Death of D. (Was Tango vs Phobos)

[Walter Bright]

Yigal Chripun wrote:
> In this Specific case:
> Walter needs his name on all the Phobos code and he stated his valid
> reasons for it. Tango developers want their names on the Tango code and
> rightly so, since they wrote it. in case of a merger of those two code
> bases you get one joint code base but *two* teams that want their name
> on the code. someone has to be first.

No, I do not "need my name" on the Phobos code. I have no interest in 
taking credit for others' work. As I have stated previously, the idea 
here is to:

1. To ensure Phobos is free of any legal taint and any accusations of 
stealing code.

2. To avoid the untenable issue of a single module in Phobos having 
different license for different lines of code.

It is not an issue of credit, I have no problem with (and strongly 
encourage) the people who wrote the code having their name in it and 
taking credit.

At one point, Brad was trying to do some merging and was accused of 
"stealing" from Tango. I was told later that this was in jest, but this 
kind of thing cannot be taken lightly. Phobos needs to be squeaky clean 
in the legal department.

I have done my part and have provided an explicit, clear, and 
unambiguous license for Tango to use whatever parts of Phobos they need 
and to put it under the Tango license (for all the parts for which I 
have a right to do so). All I ask is for a reciprocal agreement.