On Fri, May 08, 1998 at 10:03:03PM -0700, Darren wrote: > This might not be the right place, but I figure it's a good place to start... > > What is considered polite with packages that don't (seem) to be maintained by > the original author... say a package that came from sunsite that hasn't been > updated since '95 and the email address in the package is no good... > > I'm not really looking for what's legal but what's considered good manners if > you would like to see the program start progressing again??
There is some discussion of this in Eric Raymond's new "Homesteading the Noosphere" -- http://sagan.earthspace.net/~esr/writings/homesteading/ Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]