Woah,
We're going on 10,000 views on this thread! Even the Gentoo trolls got their cages rattled (just kidding guys)
After the Zapek fallout, I was hoping we wouldnt see any GPL wars (err.. discussions) on MZ or elsewhere. But, they are interesting nevertheless.

What interests me the most about this discussion is the right of the "artist" - in this case the programmer. When a man creates something he owns it, and he chooses what to do with it. This is irrefutable, anything else is toliterianism. He can destroy it, give it freely, sell or barter it, hide it under the bed, whatever.

Now the Eithics of it is a different matter. Alot is riding on this particular outcome for the MZ bounty program imo. I'm sure Marcik will do the right thing and do things in a way that suites everyone - including himself!

We here should all be grateful for his work and hope he accomplishes his objectives. If that happens, only good can come of it, whatever the release status.

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