You probably guessed by my last post what I was working on. Well, here is a screenshot of what it’s starting to look like (this is an old tinderbox log, and options obviously isn’t yet synced with the UI just yet.
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There is already an extension that does something similar, hidden within the tinderbox page. But I’m still happier with this result, since anything that saves a trip to the tinderbox page is a nice thing to have!
I have also been debating between the license I want to give this program. I am basically limited to around three choices, MIT/GPLv2/{Beer|Donation|Charity}ware. Each with its own unique traits. I can’t really see anyone commercializing this or putting into some sort of binary extension, so I don’t think the GPL would really benefit me. Nothing is set in stone. There is still time to make that decision.
May 12th, 2008 at 18:24
The GPL isn’t just for people taking your code, adding to it, and keeping it secret. If you give your code away (a la BSD) the one who modified it can enforce copyright on his changes, disallowing copying or even use. The fact that the code is in plain text doesn’t help there.
If you get beer-ware working, let us know how you did it!