Stefan wrote: In article <jwvpmfz3tu1.fsf-monnier+gmane.linux.debian.u...@gnu.org> you write: >> the interest of the user. These "volunteers" obviously have other, >> possibly malicious, interests if they prove themselves unwilling to >> apply fixes to bugs that are reported to them. > >I think there's a confusion here: these volunteers will also have >"other, possibly malicious, interests" even if they are willing/eager >to apply fixes to bugs that are reported to them. > >Same goes for people you pay, so it's not specific to volunteers. >And of course it's also not specific to a particular kind of license.
Thanks Stefan, it's great to see that some people understand the issues. I'll be brutally honest: being accused of "possibly malicious" unwilligness is *not* a great way to convince overstretched volunteers to spend their time on issues. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "We're the technical experts. We were hired so that management could ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs." -- Mike Andrews
