Re: Linux/Mozilla related Short-Term Contract

[Christopher Sekiya <wileyc@example.com>]

On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 06:07:02PM +0900, Jonathan Shore wrote:

> I see this has become a flame unfortunately ...

... only on your end, unfortunately.

> #1 what do you know of the objectives of this project

Only what you have told us.

> #2 what's wrong with customizing applications / env for a commercial
> purpose.

Nothing, as long as you respect the spirit of the philosophy that comes with
the source.

> #3 open source is great but the world does not revolve around it

Sure, it's great.  If it didn't exist, you wouldn't be trying to make money from
it.  Not that there's anything wrong with that, per #2.

> These comments don't make any sense.

You don't get it.

You're hacking on existing source.  Therefore, you're modifying someone else's
IP.  It's generally considered good form to offer the enhancements back to
the maintainer, no matter if you expect it to be integrated into the source.

If the above paragraph still doesn't parse, then there's nothing more I can say.

> I'll be more specific - I'm refering to applications for the most part.

Ah.  So you're not speaking about Linux in particular, as you'd run into the
same problems if you were trying to use any of the BSDs.

> Maybe so - can you suggest another browser with a better level of support
> which is open source?

_Support_?  *blink*

-- Chris