Re: Standard Library Interest?

["Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>]

Marin David Condic wrote:

> What's wrong with saying "You don't have some God-given right to a name. 
> You have to ask, beg, plead with me to get one. If I don't like it, I 
> say no. If I give it to you, I can pull it back any time I want. Game 
> over."

It works if the dictatorship is a good one ;-)  But good dictatorships
rarely stay good, if they even ever start off as a good one.

> Whoever ends up Keeper Of The Eternal Flame can limit it to whatever 
> they want. They can entertain only serious developers who have something 
> concrete to offer. 

But a value judgement is required here. Someone may come out with
a console I/O package, that favours the design of windows console
sessions. The judge(s) who might be more favourable to Linux, might
then disagree, and want to keep the name reserved for some (in their
minds) more superior idea. A conflict develops.

OTOH, the package writer doesn't want to have the rug yanked out, after
he has released the product, only because the judge(s) later decided
that it sucks and shouldn't be there.

> Internet dweebs who hope to cash in by grabbing all 
> sorts of names need not even bother applying.
> 
> MDC

I hear ya, but in life, there are often two sides of the story that
need to be examined. After a divorce there is his side, her side,
and the truth! ;-)
-- 
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg