24 Aug
2002
24 Aug
'02
3:27 p.m.
Tim,
Fractint is based on open source and giving credit where it is due. Ultrafractal is based on neither. Frederick has every right to conduct himself as he has, whether you or I like it or not. So it's a dead issue.
Judging from Jim's comments, and the couple that followed, it apparently isn't a dead issue for some. I responded because I didn't think a public insinuation, if not accusation, that Frederik stole code for UF was very ethical. In fact, I consider it more unethical than anything anyone else has done by making their programs include some degree of Fractint compatibility. Ken...