>
> As for why your viewpoint might be harmful: I have heard anecdotes of
> people
> not wanting to release their code because it was ugly, or nonstandard, or
> difficult to use, etc. As long as the response that they are going to
> receive
> it along the lines of the above, that viewpoint is valid, even if the
> response
> should be "Yes, this is ugly, but it is still awesome."
>
> Large (most?) parts of Sage have simply come from third-party code written
> by people who never had any intention of having anything to do with Sage.
> Such people should be encouraged to release their code, not called idiots
> when they do release it.
>

+1

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