Anthony Towns writes: > The whole point of having an open organisation is that anyone can > help. You only get to use the `So do it yourself' excuse if we *can* > do it ourselves, and the only way we can do that -- the only way we'd > *want* to do that -- is if you're an open organisation.
Who was ever stopping you from contributing? > > > Admitting your mistakes, your bugs, your design flaws, whatever is a key > > > element of free software development. > > You are absolutely right. That is how hackers do things. It's > > completely lacking in a business environment. If we were to be seen > > as hackers, we would get the same regard that hackers have always > > gotten: zero. > > You keep repeating this assertion, and I keep being unimpressed by it. I know. > The idea here is to get suits to join the hacker culture, at least to some > extend. Giving up on important bits of it just because they might frown > a little at you isn't the way to go. And who is doing that? Not us. > > The way free software people respond to feature requests is "send code." > > So may we? Can I take this as a real offer, and forward it to the folks at > debian-legal so we can do this? Who was ever stopping you? -- -russ nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://crynwr.com/~nelson Crynwr supports Open Source(tm) Software| PGPok | There is good evidence 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | that freedom is the Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | cause of world peace.
