[sdiy] Monowave goes GPL

[Jon Autry]

On Thu, August 25, 2005 5:15 am, Peter said:
> I guess it's like...Hey, I "invented" the letter "A" in the alphabet, now
> everybody who uses the "A" in a word
>  has to pay credit to me, or better, I forbid anyone to use the "A" from
> now
> on....or something similar,

Actually, in this case, I think it's more like:

"Hey this other guy invented the letter A, and I copied it. I heard that
in your original manuscript you used a tilted letter A (that *I*
copied!!!). I just want you to know now, that if you use any letter A from
here on out, no matter how dissimilar it is to mine, you're a thief..."

Isn't it a little ridiculous to argue over control of something you copied
from someone else anyway? I mean, let's put this into perspective: not
*invented*...*copied*. I think the kind of effort that people protect by
honor is the kind of effort that goes into creating something, not copying
it. If you invented a completely new filter design, I could see getting
your panties in a bunch over it (and I think everyone would rightly agree
with you)...and regardless, Paul's said he doesn't even use *your* copy
anyway!

relax...