On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Richard Newman <holyg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The problem is that it is an unreasonably high barrier to entry. > > There MUST be an electronic-only way (and it must not require a cell > > phone, CC#, &c.) if the full potential of this community is to be > > unleashed upon clojure-contrib. In particular, there should be a way > > to participate pseudonymously for those people that (unlike myself) > > value their privacy sufficiently not to want to even post here under > > their real names. > > Raising the barrier to entry stops people pseudonymously contributing > code they don't own. But it also stops people pseudonymously contributing code they do own. > Yes, this makes it more difficult for someone to just email a fix for > a small bug. And therein lies the problem. Most open source projects have a very low barrier to simply emailing a patch for a minor issue, and they benefit tremendously by it. This one does not, at least for now. However, I quite understand Rich's reasons for doing it. > I still don't. Plenty of open source projects apparently are willing to take the risks Rich is apparently afraid of. Why not this one? > I don't think it creates an unreasonably high barrier to entry And I do. > I don't see why there MUST be an electronic-only way. Because that's how people participate in open source projects!! Requiring snail mail, phone calls, or similarly for anything creates an impedance mismatch. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
