Normative reference for 350+ MLOCS? [LWN.net]

Normative reference for 350+ MLOCS?

Posted Oct 2, 2006 22:15 UTC (Mon) by cventers (subscriber, #31465)
In reply to: Normative reference for 350+ MLOCS? by mingo
Parent article: Busy busy busybox

> Of course the freedom offered by free software cannot be measured in US
> dollars, but still it's good to know the rough value of the economic
> foundation this community has built for itself.

This is why I think it is very important that the FSF has been doing the
GPLv3 drafting as they have, by involving people from around the world in
the review and commentary over 3 discussion drafts over a one year
period. They know that they are doing important work on everyone's
behalf, and not everyone wants the same thing out of this work, so
they've been trying to bring people together.

I don't think Linus's implication that the FSF didn't care what he
thought is fair. Thats why I attempt to remind of the difference between
listening to someone and unilaterally doing what they say. But the
feedback of Linus, you, and the other developers is still important. If
you are at all concerned about the license, please don't sit out from the
discussion. You don't have to answer to anybody - you can walk right into
the discussion process as Ingo Molnar with whatever opinions and concerns
you have. You might not alter the course of the license, but is it more
important for LWN readers to hear you, or the people doing that which
concerns you?

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Normative reference for 350+ MLOCS?

Posted Oct 3, 2006 0:06 UTC (Tue) by mingo (subscriber, #31122) [Link]

You don't have to answer to anybody - you can walk right into the discussion process as Ingo Molnar with whatever opinions and concerns you have.

What makes you assume that i have not done so already?

Normative reference for 350+ MLOCS?

Posted Oct 3, 2006 2:27 UTC (Tue) by cventers (subscriber, #31465) [Link]

Well, when I refer to the discussion process in this way, I'm refering to
formal participation. And laf0rge posted elsewhere in this commentary on
LWN that he was the only kernel developer he saw at 3 conferences. And it
seems like from some of the statements of the other developers that no one
really got directly involved for various reasons.

But you are right. I made an assumption, and for that I must apologize.