On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 16:25:33 -0700 "daniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quietly intimated:
> i'm looking for some basic input from those who are working on > OpenSource projects like apache, snort, giFT and the linux kernel > itself. this may sound odd, but what exactly is the motivation? what > compells you to work on something and make sure it meets release > dates, and then publish this stuff online complete with layout and > graphics, create binaries, documentation, and in all build a funcional > product? there's no financial reward that i know of, and the time and > effort poured into some programs seem to outweigh(at least from my > admittedly ignorant perspective) the benefits. > > is the intention to establish a resume for yourself and/or a > reputation for contribution valuable code to worthy projects? or is > the motivation more selfless leaning to some sort of sudo-communist > ideal? That one won't make too many friends or influence people! Microsoft pushing what "is best for you" from above would equate very well with communism. Linux, allowing people to do what they want, how they want, and when they want is much more in line with freedom and not some dictatorial notion. Perhaps you are equating a somewhat utopian ideal with communism. The only time you'll find any commonality is when you talk about the theoretical ideals of communism. Strip away the theory though and they're as different as night and day. And real communism has never been even close to theory because it can't work. Linux, even so, isn't anything utopian. But it more closely resembles such things because this is people-inspired and requires no central authority to keep people "where they are needed, for the benefit of everyone." I'll pass it off as a lack of proper wording. > for my own part, any contribution i make to the OpenSource community > is in part a sort of "thank-you" for all the incredible software > available, and part in hopes of contributing to a new form of human > development lacking the capitalist slant. As I said, and _not_ something you are being directed to do. > i'm interested to know the motivations of others in the community... > > _________________________________ > daniel a. g. quinn > starving programmer > > "one world, one web, one program" - microsoft promotional ad > "ein volk, ein reich, ein fuhrer" - adolf hitler > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- I worry about dying before I get even. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
