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2005.09.16 18:14 "Re: What do you call...", by Frank Warmerdam
On 9/16/05, Antoine <melser.anton@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Sorry, but that's just what you get if you ignore the spec on an > > extremely basic pillar property of the file format you wish to support. > > Full respect to all the guys the contribute to libtiff in some way > but... puritanism has always been a negative in OSS! Antoine, To be fair, Joris is an evil proprietary software zealot, looking to build a software empire on the basis of his in depth knowledge for TIFF format. He isn't technically a libtiff developer, nor for the most part even a C/C++ developer. (Delphi!) Of course, he is very helpful on the mailing list and provides a number of very useful services to the TIFF community. Perhaps it would be more fair to say that puritanism has always been a negative of puritans. As a free software zealot, I don't mind if some sub-standards want to put such restrictions on the TIFF format. Of course that doesn't mean I will knock myself out trying to support it without client funding. Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmerdam@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent