Re: FLASH: Giving away source

[uniquemac]

At 11:59 AM -0700 6/12/00, Phillip Kerman wrote:


>Just to be argumentative....


Why not?! :-)

Some of us philosophers call that "dialectic".

YMMV.


>How do you suggest a JavaScript programmer refrain from "giving away 

>the source".


JUST SAY "NO".


>What about a writer?


Same answer.

Cf.: "copyright".

Obligatory: HTH.


>Someone compared Flash to an art (which, of course is true).


Gee. Really? (TIC)


>But surely writing is an art and I'll bet you could take the source

>text from "The Grapes of Wrath" and change a few words and have a story

>about how everyone on the web moved to Flash then found there were no jobs

>because everyone gave away the source.


YAH.


And still, anyone with eyes/ears would see/hear the *plagiarism*.


Right?


So, what's your point?


[Oh, I have a feeling that it's coming up soon ... ]


[Yes, here it comes ... ]


>My point:


Thanks; I've been wondering ...


>you're not giving anything extra away when you give the source


EEEEEGGGGGAAAAADDDDDSSSSS!!!!! I at-least-humbly DISAGREE.


>unless you have untrustworthy clients (and even then, you can protect

>yourself legally).


Sounds NAIVE, GULLIBLE, WISHFULTHINKING, and IMMATURE to me.


Especially the "you *can* protect ..." part.


[Frankly, regarding your naivete re legal issues, I heartily 

recommend that you and your ilk take a gander at 

http://www.ivanhoffman.com . ] ... from whom I am never compensated 

for any mention ... ]


YEESH-All-Fing-Mighty, no public offense intended, but, please, think again!


I NEVERNEVERNEVER "give away" *anything*; least-of-all, *MY* source code.


Repeat: "give away".


Repeat: *MY* source code.


Repeat just once more for emphasis: MYMYMYMYMYMYMYMYMYMYMYMYMY.


EXTRAS cost EXTRA. Simple, straightforward. HTH.


AND while we're on this topic: How, exactly, do you determine who is 

trustworthy, and who is not? DEEP subject, nicht wahr?


Bottom line: CYA.


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HTH,


Kenny Sherwood


&:


FLASH ROCKS.


Groovy domain names that I own:

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       ... but please be aware that

           the gif DL

           takes 4.75 times as long as

           the swf DL.

           HTH.

           :-)


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