I agree with how it's a shame to let Plus! just die; it is after all the best... But from a personal point of view, if id of spent all my student days, sitting in front of a PC programming a piece of software that is nothing less than excellent, I'd keep the source code locked up.
I think releasing it will open a whole new thing, which may not necessarily be bad, but Plus! will lose its touch, versions will be bug ridden and people will abuse it. I'm not saying a small group would distribute it, but once you open it to one, its a matter of time before the rest follow.
Obviously, that's only my opinion; it's an interesting idea which Patchou will no doubt consider.
Johnny.
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