(10-12-2013, 06:35 AM)epixoip Wrote: probably could have picked a better example license than the GPL. and good luck holding SL3 sleazebags accountable for copyright infringement. hashcat already has a license which prohibits this, and this did not stop them.
Perhaps it would have helped to have people on Hashcat's side that would enforce the license for them. No one is going to help defend license violations on proprietary code except lawyers the copyright holders pay themselves.
Quote:the simple fact is, keeping the source between a handful of competent developers with a single person micromanaging the project produces a superior product. it also keeps the number of pull/merge requests from idiots to an absolute 0.
There is tons of free and open source software that is superior to proprietary alternatives where the number of core developers is one or very few. In fact all but the most popular free software usually has just one or two people making the majority of commits. And if you don't think free software projects can be micromanaged I wonder if you have ever been very involved with them?
Random example from the security community: RedPhone. Arguably best encrypted telephony program, run by Moxie Marlinspike who definitely micromanages--difficult to gets commits accepted.