If you are intending to be truly helpful, why post this to a public list in the haphazard hope that someone from the dev team will read it
We know you are here. The only lists which are not moderated are not read by the dev team and this message was unlikely to be approved, or at least that's the impression I've got over the last few months.
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- It contains many .gif files
What free software issues are there with using GIFs, the UNISYS malarkey aside?
Does the GPL say something about patents?
A website listed in your signature (dachary.org) contains GIFs - should I therefore take issue with your website?
Only if he tries to distribute it under the GPL. I'm surprised it still does, though, Loic?
Anyway, neuro, you see "attacks and insults" when Loic just posted a list of problems. From what I've seen, he's not a bad guy (unlike that "egg sarnie" character on uk.comp.os.linux), so why not take what he says as a "TODO" list, rather than spoiling for a fight? If you *want* to attack GNU project members, that's your choice, but it doesn't strike me as a terribly bright move.