Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:32:37 -0500 Message-Id: <199902222032.PAA08766@envy.delorie.com> X-Authentication-Warning: envy.delorie.com: dj set sender to dj AT envy DOT delorie DOT com using -f From: DJ Delorie To: zmola AT campbellsci DOT com CC: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com In-reply-to: <19990222183222023.AAA254@carl_zmola> Subject: Re: Cygwin participation threshold References: <13561 DOT 990222 AT is DOT lg DOT ua> (message from Paul Sokolovsky on Mon, 22 Feb 1999 13:28:16 +0200) <19990222183222023 DOT AAA254 AT carl_zmola> > That could be part of it. The fact that a company is in charge of > coordinating the efforts has an effect. What effect? I would think that having a company back a project would be *good*, since they have more to lose if it fails. > In the past the main reason I didn't even investigate contributing > is : Because of the feeling that contributions are unwanted, and > that someone else is making money of of my work. > > After a little investigation, I found that these wern't valid > concerns, but they are a first line of resistance. How did you get these impressions? If there is a way for us to make sure people get the right impressions up front, perhaps that would save people a bit of grief. However, let's get one thing straight: Cygnus *is* making money off your work, at least indirectly. However, in return we're giving a lot of technology and effort (in the form of cygwin, since we do most of the work on it) back to the community (you). I'd like to think this is a fair exchange. Do you think this is a fair exchange? As for contributions, we definitely want them, but keep in mind that it's our responsibility to the cygwin community (you), as the "keepers of cygwin", to ensure that anything added to cygwin doesn't make it worse. The preferred method of dealing with these types of contributions is to work with the author until they meet our standards, rather than simply rejecting it. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com