grin
grin
I want to shed my light on this subject
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>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:53:51 -0700
> From: " [email protected] " <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] [Emc-users] Open letter to the EMC Board
> of Directors
> To: " Sven Wesley " <[email protected]>, [email protected],
> " Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) "
> <[email protected]>, " EMC developers "
> <[email protected]>
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>
> I am not a board member or anything official, I'm just some guy who hacks
> on linuxcnc sometimes. I speak for myself.
>
> I've been following this thread since the start, and there is a disconnect
> between what people are asking for and how i think this project works.
>
> People are saying thing like:
>
> "What's the road map of features for future releases?"
>
my schedule is my road map
>
> "What features should/shouldn't I work on?"
>
the ones I want
>
> "Who holds the Treasurer position?"
>
I am my own treasurer
>
> "How do you assign tasks to developers?"
>
simple - I do it or I pay someone to do it
>
> These kinds of questions make no sense in my mental model of the project.
>
these questions/answers make perfect sense in my mental model
>
> This is not a company and I am not an employee, so nobody gets to tell me
> what to do. I'm a volunteer and I do this because I like our community,
> and machining, and programming. I'm doing this for fun, in my spare time
> that I could be doing other fun things of my own choosing.
>
> If someone wants to make a roadmap, or a list of features they want, or a
> 5 year plan of what they think everyone should work on, that's fine by me -
> but it doesnt really affect me, and it doesnt change what I'll do tonight
> after i tuck my kids into bed.
>
> I have a list of things *I* want to do to the linuxcnc project, but I'd
> never dream of telling anyone to work on them. It's not my place to tell
> folks what to do.
>
bingo
>
> I do not publicise my todo list because I'm afraid that doing so might
> make people impatient for the tasks to be finished, and the pressure of
> that public expectation would diminish my enjoyment of doing the work. I
> have enough schedule and pressure in my day job and other parts of my life,
> I dont need any more! That's not what I'm here for!
>
>
> I have never read the "Board of Directors Terms of Service", and until
> people in this thread started talking about it I didnt realize we had one.
> I will not go read it now, because I don't care. To me, this project
> works well, and legalese bores me.
>
>
> I run my part of our infrastructure on my dime because I happen to have
> the equipment and skills and interest to do it, and i think it makes our
> shared project better. I have no interest in trying to untangle the
> expense of it from the rest of my household expenses and requesting a
> reimbursement from a project treasurer. I dont know if we even *have* a
> treasurer, and if we do i dont want to spend my open-source hacking hour
> talking about bills. I'd rather just hack.
>
>
> That's where I'm coming from.
>
>
> /grin
/grin
My experience with the board/developers/users in this group is all
positive. I have been able to do almost everything I have tried - not
because of my ability but I get in the middle of a project and work through
it and listen to others when they try to help. Others always try to help.
I have offered to help fund efforts. I have offered to pay for development.
I try to more than pay my way when in the company of LinuxCNC
board/developers as their efforts are rewarded only by the satisfaction of
a job well done. I like to express my gratitude when possible. I understand
and respect the board/developers positions.
Regarding the name I MAY have done something different if I had been
involved from the beginning but at this time it makes absolutely no
difference. For me it is time to Enhance this Machine Controller 2nd
version we are now calling LinuxCNC.
Just out of spite/stubbornness I may just leave some of my directories
named EMC2!!!!!!!
thanks
Stuart
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