Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:31:20 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: Radim Kolar <hsn@netmag.cz> Cc: Radek Kozlowski <radek@raadradd.com> Subject: Re: Drop of portindex Message-ID: <20040915093120.3067472e@dolphin.local.net> In-Reply-To: <20040914125620.GG43354@sanatana.dharma> References: <BD6B5CF7.961B%tomonage2@gmx.de> <20040913225637.GA12665@werd> <20040914125620.GG43354@sanatana.dharma>
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:56:20 +0200, Radim Kolar <hsn@netmag.cz> wrote: > > Are there any problems with portindex? > No, there were some minor problems with annoying portindex's users, > but there have been fully fixed today by killing portindex. I take it that you mean anyone asking you any questions about your work was an annoyance to you? Would you prefer that no one showed an interest at all? > > Radim, can you please clarify under what licence you've released the > > previous versions of portindex? > There was no licence actually, i have forgot it. Thanks God for it! > This my mistake makes killing portindex very easy. Copyright laws > disables use and distribuition unless you have permission from by > author, which you don't have. So, you are, in effect, expressly forbidding anyone from using or further developing portindex henceforth? > > as portindex is a great program and many people (myself included) > > started to like it (and use it). > Yes. This is the main reason why project was dropped. I dislike when > some of MY material activity becomes too successful. It will screw up > my spiritual life because I am not very strong in that area. Spiritual > life is so sweet, that after you have tasted it, you will throw out > anything just for keeping it. Anything includes even topmost material > pleasures like money, sex, fame, alcohol, meat, family, friends, own > life. This, as a philosophy to live by, strikes me as utterly bizarre and nonsensical. Having your work appreciated by others causes you problems with your spiritual life? How exactly? If this is the case, then your philosophy would seem to dictate that you never do anything at all, lest someone else appreciate it or (God forbid!) actually praise you for it. What kind of life is that? I think you're mistaking positive feedback for something which necessarily must inflate your ego, which is an absurd connection to make. > > But I could take maintainership for the port, if that would help! > This will not solve the main problem. What would solve the problem? And what exactly *is* the problem, anyway? > Folks, portindex is now history. I am now playing with writeable ufs2 > snapshots. Why would you assume anyone will be interested in any other work you may produce, given the attitude you're displaying here? You may as well completely abandon all material pursuits, go find a nice, cozy cave somewhere, and sit there in complete isolation, doing absolutely nothing, not even trying to sustain your own existence, until you rot. My God, what peculiar notions some people have when it comes to God and spirituality. As Seinfeld would say, "Good luck with *that*." -- Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"
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