Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Request/Offer: Debian package for Scala
From: John Check (j4strngs_AT_bitless.net)
Date: Mon Dec 20 2004 - 00:12:18 EET
On Saturday 18 December 2004 11:48 pm, Marek Peteraj wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 01:46, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 10:20:44AM -0500, Dave Robillard wrote:
> > > Not everyone's standards/opinions are the same as yours.
> >
> > And not everyone's credits are the same as yours.
> >
> > Did you ever have a close look at Scala ? It's one of those
> > rare apps that show off a level of dedication and quality
> > that's hard to find. It has probably taken years of hard
> > work and painstaking research.
>
> No disagreement about that.
>
> > If the author of such a great work makes it available for
> > free, I can only say 'thanks a lot'.
> >
> > If ever you contribute anything that reaches only ten percent
> > of the value of Scala, then maybe you will have gained a bit
> > of the authority required to question the author's choices.
> > Until that time, you will just make a fool of yourself by
> > doing so.
>
> I think there are two types of contribution, application
> contribution(free as in beer) and source code contribution(free as in
> speech). While Scala falls into the first category, AFAIK Dave is an
> active open source contributor.
>
> OTOH, how do you measure the value of Scala or any other application?
> Is it determined by popularity?
Perhaps utility.
>
> > And if Debian wants to preserve its (her ? his ?) virginity by
> > imposing strict rules on what will be included and what will
> > not be, that's fine for me. But please don't impose the same
> > attitude on the whole world.
>
> I don't think it was Daves intention to rant on the authors decision to
> not release source code. He was trying to point out some of the
> motivations behind open source that some of us seem to forget.
>
> Marek
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