From kde-devel Sat Dec 25 02:47:16 1999 From: Mosfet Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 02:47:16 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: Do we need a license to criticize Mr Fasoldt's work? X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=94609004421655 Hrm. Funny guy. In the time he took writing this article he probably could have documented an application... As far as the political rhetoric about national origins, religion, politicial systems, etc.., that is usually a sign that the individual no longer has much of value to contribute. I don't even know why this is being forwarded here, it's really just noise. Al does not realize that the majority of KDE is developed by people in their spare time for fun, and many are not native English speakers. I wonder what he would think if everything was excellently documented, but in French? ;) Evidently he has some grasp of the English language but instead of helping solve the problem he complains. It's a valid complaint, but what do you think would of been a better allocation of his time? What is nonsense is that he is evidently one of the many Linux users who think you get something for nothing. You don't. If there is something you want and you obviously have the capability to implement it you will get very little sympathy by commiting large amounts of time whining instead of implementing. That is not how free software works, if it was we would have absolutely nothing. I find it ironic that someone can download the results of hundreds of man hours of volunteer work, make a complaint that he has more than enough resources to fix, then be offended when he is told maybe he should try to help. People are silly. Joao Neto wrote: > > You must read Mr Fasoldt new kde critic... > He talks about his mother, germans, kde, world war II, fascism, himself, his > relegion and his youth... > It's a very interesting piece of work and you'll learn > a lot of stuff in 30 or so lines of text. > > You can read it at > http://www.twcny.rr.com/technofile/texts/kde_react99.html > > After reading it we must ask ourselves: > Do we need a license to criticize Mr Fasoldt's work? > If we do, then where can I get one? > > Joao Neto -- Daniel M. Duley - Unix developer & sys admin. mosfet@mandrakesoft.com mosfet@kde.org mosfet@jorsm.com