[mdlug] any GNU/Linux Contributors?

[Dan Pritts]

Perhaps you should make use of the freedoms accorded to you
by the GPL and release your own versions, named like you want
them named.

On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 11:12:24PM -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Michael Corral wrote:
> > 2010-04-08, Monsieur Delyan Raychev a ecrit:
> >> If you have committed code/art/text to any GNU/Linux related project
> >> within the last year - please send me a direct message or reply to this
> >> e-mail.
> > 
> > I've written a few free GPL'ed programs for Linux:
> > 
> > Jfilerunner: http://freshmeat.net/projects/jfilerunner
> > 
> 
> Why not just call it filerunner?
> 
> Why is it that most every java programmer thinks that his program
> name needs to begin with the letter j?
> 
> 
> I can understand a family of programs (such as the KDE
> suite naming most programs to fit the pattern k*), but
> for independent programs to all start with J...I just
> don't get it.
> 
> 
> > TkViewMan: http://freshmeat.net/projects/tkviewman
> > 
> 
> Same thing goes for tk-writers. WHY?
> 
> Why not just call it ViewMan?
> 
> 
> > TK10: http://freshmeat.net/projects/tk-10
> > 
> > They haven't been updated in the last year, but that's because the
> > code is so rock-solid! :) Actually, I should update them one of these
> > days, plus release the Java-based IRC client I've been working on.
> > 
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