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The case of the unwelcome attributionThe case of the unwelcome attributionPosted Sep 20, 2007 11:00 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)In reply to: The case of the unwelcome attribution by im14u2c Parent article: The case of the unwelcome attribution
This definitely varies on a project-by-project basis. The GCC development community (by dint of conscious effort, and with one or two exceptions) is notably collegial, but even it pales before the welcoming nature of the TeX community. Other free software projects manage to be abrasive enough to drive people away.
I think it's a cultural thing, probably initially derived from the email habits of the founding developers, but adjustable over time. Also, though, it might be something to do with the software's complexity/popularity tradeoff: both GCC and TeX are arcane enough that they have to actively attract developers to some degree (GCC because it's fiendishly complex, TeX because it's simply arcane :) ), while most parts of OS kernels are much less complicated.
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