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[Rohan NIcholls <rohan.nicholls AT pareto.nl>]

I don't know what this is all about, and quite frankly I don' t care,
but I am interested that Mr. Greig is asking that his name and email be
removed from the history of the code of various source files used in
smgl.

While it seems all references to present code and project involvement 
sources, unless I don't understand my gpl correctly it cannot by the
terms of the gpl be removed in the history.  Am I incorrect in
thinking that would mean that a developer was not being attributed
work they had done, which is directly contra the gpl, certainly in
spirit if not law?  The problem with asking that this be done
Mr. Grieg is that the smgl would be contravening the terms of the GPL
which would leave them legally open to you in the future (and although
you can claim at the moment that you waive all rights to having been a
contributor to the code, they only have your somewhat volatile word
for that).

The past has happened, and you cannot change that (unless you have
managed to make a time machine which has its own more dangerous
complications ;-)), which is what it looks like Mr. Grieg is trying to
do, and it would be irresponsible to not attribute the work he has
already done.  As much as Mr. Grieg would like to wash his hands
completely of the porject, trying to erase the past is not possible
from a legal standpoint.

A note to Mr. Grieg, please try to keep any response you have to the
legal aspects of the argument and not to the polititcal/personal
aspects because I really don't care what they are, I was not involved
in smgl when all this was happening and frankly am not interested.  I
am only concerned that your request is not possible from the legal and
spriitual standpoint of the gpl.  As SCO is finding out the GPL does
have legal validity, so it needs to be treated with respect.

That said, I might be completely misunderstanding the gpl, in which
case please set me straight.

Thanks,

Rohan