Chiming in from the perspective of someone who was working for an occasional feature “sponsor” until recently (mostly GeoServer, but also one or two QGIS), we didn’t do it with the intent of getting our name in anything (be it commit log, appendix, or even <h1> on the project front-page). We did it because we needed a feature or wanted to help the project. If we were doing it to raise awareness of our philanthropy, the commit log is quite probably the absolute last place we’d have wanted it to be.
From: qgis-developer-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:qgis-developer-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Lene Fischer Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 9:09 AM To: Nyall Dawson; Alessandro Pasotti Cc: QGIS Developer Mailing List Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Please stop spamming commit logs! I agree to Nyall – We need sponsors. And sponsors don´t want to be in footnotes fontsize 6.5 Right now I´ve started to get sponsors to the next developer/usermeeting in Denmark. And I´m sure sponsors will not be satisfied to be put into an appendix. I think these small textnotes in the mail are harmless Regards Lene Fischer Associate Professor Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management University of Copenhagen MOB +45 40115084 l...@ign.ku.dk<mailto:l...@ign.ku.dk> [SCIENCE_bomaerke_UK] -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: qgis-developer-boun...@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:qgis-developer-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> [mailto:qgis-developer-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] På vegne af Nyall Dawson Sendt: 10. oktober 2014 09:51 Til: Alessandro Pasotti Cc: QGIS Developer Mailing List Emne: Re: [Qgis-developer] Please stop spamming commit logs! On 10 October 2014 18:11, Alessandro Pasotti <apaso...@gmail.com<mailto:apaso...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed that somebody started to add commercials to commit logs: > > Sponsored by .... > > Funded by ... > > etc. etc. > > We should take this seriously, mostly ever developer works for a > company or run its own business. > > Imagine if everybody starts adding those (not really useful) sentences > to every commit. > Is this really an issue? It seems rather trivial. I personally am strongly in favour of these attributions in the commit log. Reasons are: - It gives credit to sponsors. That's important! Look at how many cool features were added in 2.6 thanks to sponsorship... - It gives credit to developers who donate their free/company time. That's also important. QGIS wouldn't exist if it wasn't for these developers donating their time - The commit log is basically for developers or power users/contributors only. It's a fairly harmless place to advertise these sponsorship messages. For a while there was a few "sponsored by" messages in code comments - that's a much worse/more intrusive place for these messages. - It lets us blow off steam when release pressures ramp up :P see 68c49fe09, 34f00d106 and 2427546d8 So, +1 for allowing these messages. Nyall _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer This message has been scanned for viruses by MailControl<http://www.mailcontrol.com/>, a service from BlackSpider Technology Click here<https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/dlpPl07p8H3GX2PQPOmvUnWSlf6oUOY8Cn6S0JRwpIyA3vav42EuV7HMmaV05UyNCOZlUrWwm5L46EHnGWFGZQ==> to report this email as spam. ________________________________ HR Wallingford and its subsidiaries uses faxes and emails for confidential and legally privileged business communications. They do not of themselves create legal commitments. Disclosure to parties other than addressees requires our specific consent. We are not liable for unauthorised disclosures nor reliance upon them. If you have received this message in error please advise us immediately and destroy all copies of it. HR Wallingford Limited Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, United Kingdom Registered in England No. 02562099 ________________________________
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