On Monday 16 April 2007, Rajko M. wrote: > How many fixed the problem and never published the fix?
Not many I bet, at least not for significant bugs. Perhaps trivial one liners. > They use free OS, but don't give back anything, keeping their knowledge for > another opportunity to cash on it. Or, alternatively, have no intent to cash in on it at all, just want to get their job done. You need only read about the demanding standards necessary for submitting patches (especially to the kernel tree) to know that you can't simply hand in a patch and expect it to see the light of day unless you are well versed in the mechanics and politics of that portion of the community. I suspect these imagined fixers-but-never-submitters were submitters at some point in the past who never got so much as a thanky thanky back, and decided it was not worth it. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
