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On 2007.03.19 20:57, Alexandre Buisse wrote: |
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> On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 21:34:09 +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: |
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> > On 2007.03.19 00:10, Alexandre Buisse wrote: |
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> > >Hi, |
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> > [snip resignation] |
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> > > |
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> > Alexandre, |
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> > We have not worked together and have only spoken briefly on |
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> IRC. >OSS is a kind of anarchy, you only get what you fight for. |
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> Yes, and it's probably one of the reasons I like it so much. But your |
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> work also depends on other people, and the community is far from |
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> being anarchist (so far at least :)). |
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That depends on the scale you examine 'the community' at. When you work |
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on a project with a small number of other developers, the work share |
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and bureaucracy may well happen without any thought, as 'the community' |
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gets bigger, the need for formal structure, rules and all that goes |
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with it arises. There have been several excellent posts on that aspect |
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of communities, so I won't repeat them. |
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> > Your post contains a lot of good ideas, even though it comes over as |
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> as |
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> > words from a weary solider. |
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> > Have a rest from Gentoo but please come back and fight for your |
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> corner. |
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> > By leaving, you reduce the numbers that share your ideals. |
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> That's true, but I also expect a certain amount of fun for something |
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> I do on a voluntary basis. If I spend all my time fighting, even for |
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> ideas that I think are good, I expect it to quickly become a pain for |
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> me as well as for others who do not share my views. |
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Yes! the fun element is essential. |
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> Besides, I also respect that other people can have different opinions |
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> on those matters and if I'm more or less alone to think in some way, |
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> I shouldn't try to force people to my views. |
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Not force, that wasn't what I intended to express. More persuade. By |
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sharing your ideas with 'the community' at some scale, and opening them |
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to constructive criticism so that they can be used as a stepping stones |
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to something better than the original idea. Newton summed it up well |
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with his "If I see further than other men, it it because I stand on the |
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shoulders of giants" |
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[snip] |
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I think that part of the problem is the form that criticism can take. |
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Giving criticism without giving offense is very difficult, even within |
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a single culture and Gentoo has the difficulty of being multi-cultural |
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too. |
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Anyway, Good luck for the future, regardless of yor eventual decision. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford, |
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(NeddySeagoon) |
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