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Wow, people take things wayyyyyyyy to seriously around here. Did anybody notice the at the end? Apparently not. So much for senses of humor.
Ah, OK, a smilie negates slander. That's all right then.
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but with the availability of Abiwords source, there is a good chance bits may have been borrowed
Don't judge everyone by your own standards.
You are suggesting that SoftMaker has broken the AbiWord licensing terms and have borrowed btis from their source: you are bringing their whole product, approach and professionalism into question. If you can't see why this is an extremely damning thing to say, well, I'm not going to convince you otherwise...
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Abiword has its own format .abw... and TM has .tmd
I shall refrain from passing comment on that.
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word and code gets recycled more than most of you non coders will ever know.
Code reuse is one thing. Stealing source, breaking licensing agreements is another.
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There is a 50/50 chance i'm right
No there isn't. There's a 50/50 chance when you toss a coin that it lands heads. As to whether a highly regarded company has broken licensing laws and borrowed open code, well, that isn't anywhere near 50/50. Just because there's two options doesn't mean the options are equal.
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We will never know unless TM goes open source
Again, baseless. You could try asking them. I daresay they've got standards to ensure that their code is untainted. By implication, you're assuming every proprietary piece of software is tainted and asking them to open up to prove otherwise. That's an amazing position to hold.
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On that note, who cares, at least they are still making HPC software. Props to them.
Very gracious of you.
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Anyway, until anybody can prove otherwise, quit flaming. There is a reason i live in America.. FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
Oh gosh, here we go again. If you want to write baseless accusations, set up your own site to do it. Publishing such offensive rubbish as you've written can cause the publisher problems. HPCfactor has recently taken heat over information published, and it's not a nice position to be in.
I love the American way of toting "FREEDOM OF SPEECH", normally in capitals. With freedom comes responsibility...
Now back to the topic.
Edited by chiark 2007-07-11 5:02 AM