On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 03:57:10PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 23:25:41 +0100 > Andrew Suffield <asuffield@debian.org> wrote: > > I *do not* want people to contribute *because* they "like the > > project". > > What other reason would their be? Why would they want to contribute to a > project they don't like esp. when there is no financial gain for it? IE, do > what you like. If you don't like it, don't do it. I suspect you will never understand, and therefore will probably never get an account. Anybody who has to ask "Why should I/we/they contribute?" is not suitable for Debian. (The "answer", incidentally, is "because we can" or "because it's there", or some other variation; it is a goal in itself, and not a means to an end) > I suspect what you mean to say is that you don't want people to contribute > *solely* based on the fact that they like the project. You, however, have not > yet mentioned that. True but misleading. Liking the project, or not, is not actually relevant - which is why it's a bad reason to join. And hey, that's what I actually said, rather than any of the things you've claimed I said. > > They should find some other reason to contribute. Preferably one which > > makes sense. We've suggested one or two in other parts of this thread. > > Such as? Wow. You really *weren't* listening. Having some specific, valuable things they want to contribute would be a good one - like maintaining a package or group of packages. (That doesn't necessarily mean they'll get an account, but it's a good reason to try) > > Please tell me you are not seriously taking the words of Sherlock > > Holmes as the foundation of all logic. > > Of course not. But if the shoe fits. That's the fallacy of indiscriminate extrapolation. Just because 1 == 1 does not mean that for any two integers, they are equal. In this case, you happened to be wrong, so... > > Is this merely an attempt at libel, or are you really that confused? > > Neither. I am pointing out that someone liking a project is hardly a > reason to reject them out of hand. An idea which you made up entirely on your own, and then attributed to me. So which is it? -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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