16 Sep
2017
16 Sep
'17
6:04 p.m.
Bryan,
Who is "we"? I for one appreciate all the work that Chris has put into
building and maintaining the portal.
I don't know what Chris' circumstances are or what his reasons for not
being able or willing to open source the portal code are, but I'd rather
not have someone with your attitude run off one of the few active
contributors to AMPRNet!
Just throwing the the portal source code out on Github is not going solve
anything. There still has to be a process in place for reviewing and
accepting changes, testing them, and deploying them. I don't believe that
Chris or Brian K have the time to take that on, and I definitely don't want
someone your attitude involved.
I've worked with Chris and Brian K. a couple of times and found them both
easy to work with.
Finally, this is after all just hobby! We all are volunteers and have
other commitments that take priority. Attacking active contributors is not
the way to keep them around or set an example that encourages others to
step up and help.
-Neil
On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Bryan Fields <Bryan(a)bryanfields.net> wrote:
On 9/16/17 4:44 PM, Chris wrote:
--
Neil Johnson
Ah that old chestnut, it's a shame you choose
to continue to be rude and
obnoxious even though you know nothing about me or my circumstances. You
know if I thought I could actually trust you to have a private
conversation
instead of broadcasting my private emails to a
mailing list I would be
happy to answer all your questions.
I cannot have a private conversation as a means to stifle debate on a
subject
which affects all members of 44net.
The only option we will consider is to release the source code. To do
anything else when claiming to be for openness is hypocrisy.
You dangle a sword over all users of 44net and think we should be grateful
for
not dropping it upon us. You recognize the difference between leading
through
coercion and leading with better ideas, no?
--
Bryan Fields
727-409-1194 - Voice
http://bryanfields.net
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