gnupic: Re: [gnupic] Beginner
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] Beginner
From:
"Xiaofan Chen" ####@####.####
Date:
21 Mar 2006 12:51:13 +0000
Message-Id: <a276da400603210451p5410b396rd7eef4ad58d1e126@mail.gmail.com>
On 3/15/06, Gibaud Alain ####@####.#### wrote:
> > As far as I am concerned, both piklab and pikdev are released under GPL
> > so it is perfectly okay to use code from each other. Isn't this the beauty
> > of open source development model?
>
> Mmm, please read again what I wrote. The problem is not to reuse code, but to
> redevelop a very similar software instead of contribute, for unclear reasons.
> I didn't minimize Hadacek efforts, just told his approach is a waste of
> energy.
> The "neat" result is we now have 2 similar programs, under the same
> environment: where is the beauty here?
>
> Do you really think that the sum of functionnalities
> offered by these 2 softwares developed by 2 different persons
> is greater than the functionnalities that would have been developed by
> these two persons working on the same program?
>
Maybe the readers here can pass their own judgement by
trying out piklab and pikdev as well as eading
the reply from Nicolas here:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=32547
Regards,
Xiaofan
