John Plocher wrote:
>> ... However,
>> work done on the behalf of a big company (like Sun Microsystems)
>> represents contribution by the employer, not by the individual. Such
>> work therefore should be excluded.
>
>
> Why? How does such a situation harm the community or detract from
> the contribution? Does "getting paid" automatically invalidate your
> efforts? If the employer was some other company, would you feel
> the same way? How about if it was IBM instead of Sun? Or a small
> company that was entirely focused on OpenSolaris as their business model?
>
> If someone puts their heart and soul into OpenSolaris, it is immaterial
> to me whether they are being paid to do so or not. In fact, for the long
> term success of this effort, I'd think that that is exactly the thing
> we need to promote, and this well intentioned distinction will end up
> being harmful to the community.
>
> Exclude those who are making the decisions and allow everyone else.
>
> -John
I wouldn't complain if we followed that path. But what I don't want to
do is exclude people because at some point in the past two years they
happened to receive a paycheck from Sun.
-- Garrett
