El 06/11/13 10:00, Daniel Narvaez escribió:
On 6 November 2013 07:15, Sebastian Silva <sebast...@fuentelibre.org
<mailto:sebast...@fuentelibre.org>> wrote:
I too feel the overall attitude within this list has been
dismissive of
non-conforming ideas and individuals, sometimes bluntly. The spanish
speakers, from Xavi who did so much translation, to Homunq who
started (and abandoned) Develop Activity, to Yama whose ideals always
seemed to clash with reality, I miss them. I myself have been often
frustrated, having retreated biting my tongue more than once.
It makes me think of the eastern spiritual ideal of speaking only when
necessary, and then only the truth, and then only with sweet words.
Probably we have all broken that ideal here, and it is not clear
how to
facilitate constructive non-conformism.
I can think of at least a couple of cases where the list could have
been more welcoming to non-comforming contributors.
That said I hope this thread doesn't discourage people to get
involved. Everything can be improved but Sugar is perhaps the most
welcoming free software community I know of... For good or for bad,
"sweet words" aren't really what you are normally met by if your ideas
or patches are not considered high quality enough by the existing
community.
I realize I chose my wording poorly. I did not mean "this list" but
"this community".
You have to realize that Sugar community is explicitly more than just a
Free Software community.
It's Supposed to be an Education Project, it's an ideal, it's more than
just development, it's a diverse
community of people who believe in the value of collaboration and
freedom as ways to impact
learning and therefore to change the world.
Therefore we should excersize care in making this a welcoming
environment not just for developers,
but for any kind of contributors. It may be painstakingly slow, but I
see the advent of freedom culture
within the educational systems and therefore governments as an
unstoppable force, and Sugar as
a big part of that.
By the way, you always manage to respond constructively and positively.
Kudos for that.
Regards,
--
Sebastian
@icarito
R+D SomosAzucar.Org
Sugar Labs Perú
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