Don't sell your soul for a job. If a company wants to hire you bad enough, they'll waive the contract. If not, move on. It's not worth the headache you'll acquire if you leave the company.
Just because we 'can', doesn't mean we 'should'.
You're saying "He waited to long to do anything about it, so it's his loss" and "So what if it's causing his customer's business." What if you're right?
What would it hurt to change the name in an effort to help the man out? He created the technology, and has gone through the efforts to protect it in a fair, polite manor. He hasn't sued anyone (and you don't know how long he's been e-mailing people trying to get them stop so just because you heard about it today doesn't mean he waited over a year to say something).
He's clearly saying use the technology, I support that, just please change the name because you're confusing my customers, and you're clearly saying "screw you we'll do what we want because we can." Instead of complaining, how about thanking the man for being friendly and supportive of the OpenSSH project.
I'm glad my real life community doesn't reflect the attitude I see daily in the "open source" community.
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Don't sell your soul for a job. If a company wants to hire you bad enough, they'll waive the contract. If not, move on. It's not worth the headache you'll acquire if you leave the company.
Just because we 'can', doesn't mean we 'should'. You're saying "He waited to long to do anything about it, so it's his loss" and "So what if it's causing his customer's business." What if you're right? What would it hurt to change the name in an effort to help the man out? He created the technology, and has gone through the efforts to protect it in a fair, polite manor. He hasn't sued anyone (and you don't know how long he's been e-mailing people trying to get them stop so just because you heard about it today doesn't mean he waited over a year to say something). He's clearly saying use the technology, I support that, just please change the name because you're confusing my customers, and you're clearly saying "screw you we'll do what we want because we can." Instead of complaining, how about thanking the man for being friendly and supportive of the OpenSSH project. I'm glad my real life community doesn't reflect the attitude I see daily in the "open source" community.