Re: [PHP4BETA] I hate to do this, but...
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Wed, 01 Mar 2000 19:13:12 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PHP4BETA] I hate to do this, but... | ||
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> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Derek Sivers wrote:
> > Writing the software was their contribution to the world.
> >
> > Doesn't mean they should be now forever burdened with doing tech support.
>
> I think the original poster is right, in that if you write a piece of
> software and distribute it, it's common courtesy to support those who
> use according to your abilities. I still support software I wrote
> several years ago.
Not that this is on-topic at all, but I don't agree. I wrote this
NSAPI redirection module ages ago, and I clearly stated that I would not
provide any sort of support for it. The alternative would have been not
releasing the code at all. I think it is better to release the code with
a big fat no-support disclaimer and a license that lets anybody do
whatever they want with it than to not release it at all.
-Rasmus