I guess no fiscale advantage there are for any funding GFOSS. So seeing to fiscale advantage the fund to GFOSS are fund lost.
I guess however that if a developer named "Count zero" give some code developed by its own. Why dont write "code founded by count zero with its own time" ? The anonimy of the code is not a value. More better to know who found Every piece of code. Il 13/ott/2014 11:38 "Jonathan Moules" <j.mou...@hrwallingford.com> ha scritto: > Hi Larry, > > At the risk of being a dissenting voice, is this really the message QGIS > wants to spread? That sponsorship is king? As an Open Source GIS project, I > would hope that its prowess lay in producing exceptional GI software rather > than finding sponsorship. The later is a means to an end. > > > > Also, what qualifies as “funded by”? There was a monetary transaction? In > which case what about the people who donate code they created in their own > time and have received no fiscal incentive at all – should not their > contributions be similarly highlighted? > > > > Cheers, > > Jonathan > > > > > > *From:* qgis-developer-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto: > qgis-developer-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Larry Shaffer > *Sent:* Saturday, October 11, 2014 12:58 AM > *To:* Alessandro Pasotti > *Cc:* QGIS Developer Mailing List > *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-developer] Please stop spamming commit logs! > > > > Hi Alessandro, > > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 6:57 AM, Alessandro Pasotti <apaso...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 2014-10-10 14:44 GMT+02:00 Jürgen E. <j...@norbit.de>: > > Hi Matthias, > > > > On Fri, 10. Oct 2014 at 11:53:28 +0200, Matthias Kuhn wrote: > >> To make an example, this is a good commit message. > >> > >> > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/commit/a132bc9a9e318c2321c8fba13dc9503b4d11e2aa > >> > >> It states > >> * which problem it solves > >> * and what it does exactly > >> > >> And I could not care less about an additional line at the bottom stating > >> "Funded by John Wayne" > > > > Almost. It should have "Fixes #8166" in it to automatically link to the > issue > > and close it - Bugfix #8166 doesn't create that link. > > > > Good hints. If it's not already in CODING, we could add these > guidelines in that file. > > Also, since most of you don't seem to be annoyed by the "funded by" > sentences, I think we can agree on Victor's proposal: if the new > feature/bug fix etc. was funded by an organization, a company or an > individual, a single line (80 chars max) sentence can be added as the > last line of the commit, after a blank line. > > That line should be added only in the last "merge" (final) commit and > not on all and every individual commit. > > > > I disagree. "Funded by" attribution lines should go wherever the author > feels is appropriate, regardless of whether the commit is a merge type, > pulling in a whole branch, or the commits are simply rebased on top of > master. > > > > It is a matter of public record: > > * QGIS is a public project > > * The funding is for a public project. > > * The funding is a matter of public record (unless otherwise deemed by > sponsor). > > * The commit log is a public record (and the longest standing one for the > project). > > I fail to see how any of that can be misconstrued as "spam," if the line > in a commit is merely an attribution, i.e. not part of the first line of > the commit. > > Even if *every* single commit message in the QGIS repo had a "Funded by" > attribution line, I could not see how that is anything but a matter of > fact. Actually, I think that would be an awesome record of the project's > prowess of finding sponsorship. > > Regards, > > Larry Shaffer > Dakota Cartography > Black Hills, South Dakota > > > > > -- > Alessandro Pasotti > w3: www.itopen.it > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > > > This message has been scanned for viruses by MailControl > <http://www.mailcontrol.com/>, a service from BlackSpider Technology > > Click here > <https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/I0txt8yKWP!GX2PQPOmvUihCLhWP7Wj9hp54mmEOLsPcfq!3p+2gK8O0TJTgqoXxCOZlUrWwm5Ieq4Nrivo6iw==> > to report this email as spam. > > > > ------------------------------ > > *HR Wallingford and its subsidiaries* uses faxes and emails for > confidential and legally privileged business communications. They do not of > themselves create legal commitments. Disclosure to parties other than > addressees requires our specific consent. We are not liable for > unauthorised disclosures nor reliance upon them. > If you have received this message in error please advise us immediately > and destroy all copies of it. > > HR Wallingford Limited > Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, United Kingdom > Registered in England No. 02562099 > > ------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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