Masahiro Nakagawa and SHOO invited to join Phobos developers

[Moritz Warning]

On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:12:53 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

> On 04/30/2010 08:55 AM, Moritz Warning wrote:
>> On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:07:06 -0400, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:02:32 -0400, Moritz Warning
>>> <moritzwarning at web.de>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> have you thought about just asking the authors of the Tango code in
>>>> question?
>>>> I would imagine they would say that they only see a minor resemblance
>>>> in the api and asking wouldn't even be necessary from their point of
>>>> view.
>>>>
>>> One of the major authors of the Tango time module, John Chapman,
>>> cannot be located so until he is and agrees the proposed Phobos time
>>> module cannot be accepted."
>>>
>>> -Steve
>>
>> Well, then let's point this out (we need to contact JC, that's the
>> problem at heart).
>> All the blaming doesn't help anyone.
> 
> Moritz, I think there is a misunderstanding somewhere.
> 
> Following SHOO's request to add his date/time to Phobos, Walter received
> a phone call at home from a Tango representative. The representative
> stated that the Tango team (of which five people worked on the date/time
> code) finds that code infringing upon their license, which would make
> Phobos infringing if it accepted said code.
> 
> 
> Andrei

Hi Andrei,

thanks for the reply.
I don't know how the phone call was worded, of course.
Nor can I speak for the caller.
Whatever, from my point of view, the message should have been
that Phobos probably has problems with the code due it's high license 
awarenes and they could solve the issue by just asking A, B and C to be 
sure.
Even those authors probably don't even think it would have been necessary
in this case.

The call should have been intended to help Phobos without interfering 
with the authors rights.

If it really had the "you steal our code" undertone you describe, then 
it's quite unfortunate, but does not represent what at least most Tango 
contributers think.

Has anyone bothered to ask the authors?
It matters.