On 3/8/06, gl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> After Linus was about to commit one of my patches, it turns out the project
> leaders are not willing to accept contributions under a pseudonym.  This may
> be normal in the GPL world, but for someone from the Windows / BSD license
> world, this seems utterly bizarre.  An open-source project should be about
> contributions, and be as accomodating as possible to the people it asking to
> contribute their time and effort to.  I have no problems following technical
> guidelines - but I'm not about to compromise my personal choices for a
> project that requires quality contributions to survive.
>
> So, as the decision is apparently final I'm signing off.  I guess my various
> patches and WPS will either remain private, or will be released
> independently at some point.  Although if they're not going to get to CVS, I
> don't really see the point.
>
> I think you guys should debate whether this really is the best way to go...

sad, and (not less sadly) not the first time...

~lImbus

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