A very neat and timely essay from Mark Shuttleworth about tribalism in Free Software world:
The very uncool thing about being a fanboy (or fangirl) of a project is that > you’re openly declaring both a tribal affiliation and a willingness to > reject the work of others just because they belong to a different tribe. > > One of the key values we hold in the Ubuntu project is that we expect > everyone associated with Ubuntu to treat people with respect. It’s part of > our code of conduct – it’s probably the reason we *pioneered* the use of > codes of conduct in open source. I and others who founded Ubuntu have seen > how easily open source projects descend into nasty, horrible and > unproductive flamewars when you don’t exercise strong leadership away from > tribal thinking. > For full essay: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/439 Thanks to Ma Sivakumar for pointer. -- *அகிலன்* (Akilan R) (http://www.coding-aviator.blogspot.com) *I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.* --Jean Rostand _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
