On 1/21/2010 3:03 PM, Madison Kelly wrote: > Domas Mituzas wrote: >> Hi! >> >>> We, as members of the open source community, would do well to wish >>> him luck. Every one of us reflects the community, and snarky remarks >>> make the community look childish. I would have preferred it become open >>> source; Not because I plan to use it but because I want the community to >>> benefit from the largest pool of code possible. Being rude to him will >>> make the chance of him later changing his mind that much smaller. Why >>> would you contribute to a community that has been rude to you? >> >> I'm not rude. He is rude. We didn't ask him to convince us to release our >> work as open-source, and yet he uses it for his business. :-) >> >> Domas > > Then lets say "take the high road". Regardless, our words and out > actions reflect on the community. > > Madi
I think the problem is more of a problem of semantics. I will admit that I felt a bit put off by the initial e-mail and the subject line. What he was asking, IMHO, was for us to tell him the benefits of open source and why it is a viable business platform. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
