Marcel Waldvogel <[email protected]> > I'm starting a new thread, as it was definitely way off-topic.
I'd taken it off-list, but I'll do as you wish. > Please, Simon, calm down! Seemed quite calm to me. Bit grumpy maybe, but that's understandable. > It is very easy to fill in the registration form with something that > makes the github syntax checker happy. What is the problem? This is at least the second advice that people breach github's terms by creating an account valid-looking-but-fake data. I believe that's dishonest and I don't want to be dishonest here. Less morally, doing so would mean Github could delete the account and all data connected to it with impunity - including any bugs reported. Would that be good for anyone? > Privacy probably is not an issue either, because you are sending it > all over the world on this mailing list. Well, we don't even know if his name is Simon... but why does that matter to anyone? It's no more or less a bug if his name is Sheila. > [...] I am very astonished at how calm the developers react here; I > know my tone would not be as nice towards stubborn people trying to > make my life hard and miserable. I agree. I am glad that everyone keeps calm, but can we see both sides? I'm surprised that those who value their privacy are keeping fairly calm, especially when facing this in a project that is promoted with great headlines like "My requirements: 1. all data under my control. [...]" (from ownCloud - CampKDE 2011 presentation by Frank Karlitschek on May 25, 2011). It's not surprising that some people get a bit grumpy when this owncloud project encourages them to give data to github, is it? When the move to github first happened, some put their concerns aside because there were assurances that issues could be reported to the list and forum instead. Examples: http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/owncloud/2012-October/006104.html http://forum.owncloud.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4537&p=10981#p10981 So if that compromise could remain and the github fans could just resist the temptation to suggest everyone else agrees to github terms, I expect we'd keep rubbing along nicely. > PS: I hope we can conclude this "endless war" soon, despite my choice of > title :-) Me too. Regards, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/ _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
