I read you opinion, I accept it, I don't necessarily agree with it, but I won't discuss it on the list.
2011/8/1 Dirk Stöcker <openstreet...@dstoecker.de> > On Mon, 1 Aug 2011, Paul Hartmann wrote: > > after this is mainly flaming against me and no longer private I may answer. > > > And "own server" - you know what I think about JOSM being more and more a >>>> client to some JOSM server somewhere. I'd like to get rid of the server >>>> instead of building up even more capacity which will doubtless be filled >>>> by >>>> you with lots of clever Python contraptions that nobody else can >>>> maintain. >>>> >>>> Exactly, for god's sake, don't put stoeckr in a position where he can >>>> hack >>>> >>> up even more Perl spagetti, which is closed source for "security >>> reasons". >>> >> > I still don't know what your problem is Karl. You have been a valuably > contributor in the past but as soon as not everything went the way you > wanted it, you went mad. > > It is an accident this text got to the mailing list, but actually I find it > rather strange, that you send flames to Paul, but never had the courage to > contact me. > > > Instead of "collect money then see how we spend it", I'd suggest "define >>>> what we want, find out what it costs, then ask people to donate to >>>> OSM/FOSSGIS for that specific cause". - If a cause can be found that is >>>> worth spending money on, and I'm not convinced yet. >>>> >>>> Exactly, there is clearly potential for payed work from which both a >>>> >>> potential sponsor and the community benefits, without the community to be >>> compromised. It is possible, we've all done this in the past, but I very >>> much doubt that it would be possible again, if stoeckr was involved >>> >> > Well, what do you refer to? I only know one time when we had something like > this in the past and this is turnrestrictions plugin. And actually this is > an example which shows the opposite: > > The author got money for it, but he no longer cares about. The plugin was > abandoned shortly after it has been created. Nobody does necessary bug fixes > ATM. > > So this is an argument for Frederik, who says that bounties wont work. > > > Ciao > -- > http://www.dstoecker.eu/ (PGP key available) > > > ______________________________**_________________ > josm-dev mailing list > josm-dev@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/josm-dev<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev> > _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list josm-dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
