He's saying it doesn't have a license.
All he wants from you is to give him credit
No he is saying:
Well, this is the license; do whatever you want with it, unless I ask you to stop. Also give some credit.
- "Do whatever you want with it" means: That I, Fleet Command, am in complete control of the development.
- "Unless I ask you to stop" means: In the end, it is Aali who decides whether the product that I develop must be released or not, which in turn means that he, Aali, is in control of what is developed and what is not and I must seek to appease him. Otherwise it is: "STOP!"
- Finally, "Give some credit" solidifies all the above.
Come on man, take it easy. Aali did a good job and he feels protective about it, so much that does not think a less strict license like CC-BY-SA-ND (which also gives proper credit) is enough. I repeat,
He has the right to. And well...
I have the right to not develop a Windows GUI version under these conditions.
Why is everything such a big deal with you? He's not naming a specific license because there isn't one. If you can make it better, make it better. I you can make it more accessible, make it more accessible. If you want to add a GUI to make it more user friendly, I highly doubt Aali will raise any protest. He didn't post the source code so he could wave it in front of you, he posted it because others can build on his work.
And seriously, stop with the side remarks about Linux and me. Linux applications can be closed source as well, in fact, I run my main development desktop with closed source NVidia video drivers. That's reality. The open source ATI drivers for my laptop are way better than the closed source ones. That's reality as well.
I mentioned WGA because it's another level of irritation between me and getting work done, not because I endorse any form of piracy. I run legal copies of Windows, I just don't like to have to prove it every time.
I didn't mean any of what you said, because if I wanted to mean so, I'd have written it so. I meant exactly what I wrote: People, even celebrated people like Aali, feel protective of their own work
and they have the right to. I did not meantion anything about WGA, Microsoft, Open-source, Piracy or anything else.
So, please stop acting offensive. Seriously, if you have a problem with Microsoft or WGA, keep them away from this forum.