Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Cardenas
Just to follow up, I talked to my upstream contact at limewire and he was very understanding. - Forwarded message from Greg Bildson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Greg Bildson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Cardenas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: buildin

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Cardenas
On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 08:36:34AM +1000, Craig Small wrote: > On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 03:18:09AM -0700, Michael Cardenas wrote: > > I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked > > me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want. > > > > Limewire displays sma

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Cardenas
Just to follow up, I talked to my upstream contact at limewire and he was very understanding. - Forwarded message from Greg Bildson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Greg Bildson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Cardenas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: buildi

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Cardenas
On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 08:36:34AM +1000, Craig Small wrote: > On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 03:18:09AM -0700, Michael Cardenas wrote: > > I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked > > me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want. > > > > Limewire displays sm

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:53:42PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Package: debian-jr > > Conflicts: limewire > > > > > > Ack! While realizing this is humour, I do feel I have to clear up a bit of a > misconception here that seems to be prevalent abo

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:53:42PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Package: debian-jr > > Conflicts: limewire > > > > > > Ack! While realizing this is humour, I do feel I have to clear up a bit of a > misconception here that seems to be prevalent ab

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Craig Small
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 03:18:09AM -0700, Michael Cardenas wrote: > I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked > me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want. > > Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application > window, and there's a

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:53:42PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > Package: debian-jr > Conflicts: limewire > > Ack! While realizing this is humour, I do feel I have to clear up a bit of a misconception here that seems to be prevalent about Debian Jr. Our group is not about censorship. We have a

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Craig Small
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 03:18:09AM -0700, Michael Cardenas wrote: > I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked > me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want. > > Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application > window, and there's a

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:53:42PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > Package: debian-jr > Conflicts: limewire > > Ack! While realizing this is humour, I do feel I have to clear up a bit of a misconception here that seems to be prevalent about Debian Jr. Our group is not about censorship. We have

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Colin Walters
On Sun, 2002-07-28 at 09:37, Andrew Suffield wrote: > If the developers of limewire want to force people to view the ads, > they must write this into the license (and we punt it to non-free), > otherwise it is completely futile to try and make people do so. Less confrontationally, you might point

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 03:18:09AM -0700, Michael Cardenas wrote: > I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked > me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want. > > Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application > window, and there's a

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Colin Walters
On Sun, 2002-07-28 at 09:37, Andrew Suffield wrote: > If the developers of limewire want to force people to view the ads, > they must write this into the license (and we punt it to non-free), > otherwise it is completely futile to try and make people do so. Less confrontationally, you might poin

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 03:18:09AM -0700, Michael Cardenas wrote: > I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked > me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want. > > Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application > window, and there's a

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-27 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Michael Cardenas wrote: > Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application > window, and there's a boolean which turns this on. When you get the > code from cvs, it's off, but when they make a release, they turn it > on. > > The developer at limewire that

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-27 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Michael Cardenas wrote: > Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application > window, and there's a boolean which turns this on. When you get the > code from cvs, it's off, but when they make a release, they turn it > on. > > The developer at limewire that

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-27 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Andreas Schuldei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Michael Cardenas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020727 19:22]: > > The developer at limewire that I spoke to asked me to turn them on, so > > I guess that I should, although that's not what users are going to > > want. > > > > Any thoughts on this? > > you

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-27 Thread Joey Hess
Michael Cardenas wrote: > I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked > me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want. > > Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application > window, and there's a boolean which turns this on. When you get

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-27 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Michael Cardenas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020727 19:22]: > The developer at limewire that I spoke to asked me to turn them on, so > I guess that I should, although that's not what users are going to > want. > > Any thoughts on this? you can savely call on to the social contract and claim he is bin

developer vs user wants

2002-07-27 Thread Michael Cardenas
I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want. Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application window, and there's a boolean which turns this on. When you get the code from cvs, it's off, but w

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-27 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Andreas Schuldei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Michael Cardenas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020727 19:22]: > > The developer at limewire that I spoke to asked me to turn them on, so > > I guess that I should, although that's not what users are going to > > want. > > > > Any thoughts on this? > > yo

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-27 Thread Joey Hess
Michael Cardenas wrote: > I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked > me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want. > > Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application > window, and there's a boolean which turns this on. When you get

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-27 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Michael Cardenas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020727 19:22]: > The developer at limewire that I spoke to asked me to turn them on, so > I guess that I should, although that's not what users are going to > want. > > Any thoughts on this? you can savely call on to the social contract and claim he is bi

developer vs user wants

2002-07-27 Thread Michael Cardenas
I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want. Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application window, and there's a boolean which turns this on. When you get the code from cvs, it's off, but