Re: About NM and Next Release
Andrew Suffield <asuffield@suffields.me.uk> wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 11:46:20PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
<snip>
>> OK, now *that* is just nonsense. People contribute because they:
>>
>> * use Debian and want to make it better
>> * want to do something which is made easier by contributing to Debian
>
>These are passable, and a variation on the same theme.
These are my usual reasons: examples of enlightened self-interest.
I don't see that or the above two reasons as corresponding in any way to
"because it's there". Do you see those reasons as corresponding to it?
Perhaps we simply have a different interpretation of the phrase.
I write software because it's fun; I write free software out of
altruism; I write GPLed software because of a dislike for the idea of
my code being 'taken proprietary'. However, I contribute to *Debian*
in particular because I use Debian and I want to improve it so as to
improve my own computing experience. None of those correspond to
"Because it's there" in my head. But maybe some of them do correspond
for you.
I guess I also occasionally try to fix broken parts of Debian just
because I hate seeing broken things and have an urge to fix them.
Which *does* correspond to "because it's there". Now, when I see
people indulging *that* urge in Debian, I see them getting
ignored or positively rejected, distubingly often, usually for
trespassing on someone else's turf. What does *that* say about Debian?
I don't know, but I don't like it.
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Nathanael Nerode <neroden at gcc.gnu.org>
http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html
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