On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 06:01:42PM +0200, R. Mattes wrote: > Yes, and why shouldn't it? I read it as a marker to show which > files have been changed.
There is world of difference (also legally) between "Copyright (c) xxxxxx' and "Additional code/modifications by xxxxx" > Well, I would take it as a _marker_ Like a dog pissing on a lamppost, or some juvenile spraying his tags on someone else's property ? > And of course, for every update of > Aeolus I have to hand-patch my local changes into uptream insteda of > a simple 'git merge' (or the hg/svn equivalent). Of course. If you don't bother to let me known what changes you require, even if they may be of interest to others, why should I care ? > Au contraire - FOSS is all about sharing. That is one aspect of it, and one that by definition should go both ways. > Sometimes the tone on the mailing list (and comments about the > required quality of coding) make such enquiries seem daunting ... ;-) And that is entirely intentional. What do you expect ? Try and go to your whatever - baker, sports team, bar keeper... and tell them you can instantly improve what they do. Maybe they'll listen. But chances are 99.9% that they will tell you to learn your trade first and then come back. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
