Can we all please stop overreacting?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 04/30/2010 08:14 AM, Daniel Keep wrote:
> #1: Tango didn't block SHOO's code.
>
> I cannot find any indication that anyone representing Tango /ever/
> said "SHOO copied from us."
>
> Based on what Kris has said in IRC [1] and from asking Lars, the
> intent, if not the specific content, was this:
>
> "At casual examination, SHOO's code looks similar to Tango's."
>
> There were no demands to block SHOO's code, no cries of theft.
>
> Kris phoned Walter to let him know about there being a *potential*
> issue.  This was a courtesy given that Walter has demonstrated
> extreme caution when it comes to IP issues.  Kris could have posted
> it on the newsgroup, but I suspect he didn't because he would have
> been flamed for accusing SHOO of stealing.
>

I think, given the situation, that a phone call is bound to mean
something.

> Now, could we all please stop with the personal attacks and
> demonisation of the "other side"?  This isn't a war, for Pete's
> sake.

You're making the situation look symmetrical. It isn't.


Andrei