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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Signing off.Re: Signing off.
From: Martin Arver <martin.arver_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:47:14 +0100 This is exiting times. Seems like Clark Kent or Bruce Wayne wants to join the team. But, not to be known by their real names but their aliases; SuperCoder or The Caped Coder. Not that I have much say in this discussion, but I do believe that Rockbox will live on without anonymous submissions and I do respect that people want to remain anonymous. But, I do not understand why you don't respect the policy set up by the Rockbox founders. On 3/9/06, Bluechip <csbluechip_at_gmail.com> wrote: > <sigh> > > What a shame. > > Guys, what about this "In reflection we cannot afford to lose good > coders. The problems between us and BC run deeper than anything that > was published online. Let's face it, we simply clash at some > undefinable core level. The rule put in place at the moment of that > crash seems, retrospectively, inappropriate or maybe just > unnecessary; especially as we are now aware of any number of > submitters with non-birth-certificate names. With that knowledge, to > actively attempt to identify them and remove their code would > undermine the very existence of Rockbox as so much of their code is > now intertwined with critical code. So henceforth and with great > consideration we are lifting the 'anonymous' rule. We do not, > however, waive our right to refuse code from person or people unnamed." > > >If I remember correctly, at the first time it would have been a > >possible way to not reveal the identity to the public but only to the > >core developers. > > No, Zagor vitoed that idea within moments of me agreeing to it. > > The only way forward is (afaict) to do what many other submittors do ...lie :( > > If anyone does set up an "anonymous" fork - do make it publicly known. > > I suppose the only tricky part is to include the updates from the > root-build. That could be a full time job in and of itself. Unless > there is a clear fork point. > > >Can't you just release your patches into public domain in order to > >work around the need to provide your name for all the copyright bullshit? > > Good choice of word. The problem is at the other end. It's not a > matter of how the information is submitted, it is relevant to think > of the problem in terms of what is "accepted". > > >Technically, it should work, and you can remain as anonymous as you wish. > > afaict pretty much most of the *features* (both user and techie wise) > which I added have now been included. On a couple of occasions my > code has been included (and indeed credited to Bluechip, although not > in "the credits screen") > > I imagine if somebody released a user configurable GUI interface that > it wouldn't take too long for rockbox to clone the essence of each of > the underlying ideas and "join the club" so to speak. The features > get in, it just takes someone to review and rewrite the code. > > Of course Rockbox regularly set hard-and-fast rules and them breach > them one way or another (Eg "can't call it Tetris, but can call it > Bejeweled", "strict copyright, except online docs", "anonymous is > bad, false alias is OK"), so I guess it's all a matter of whether > Zagor says it's okay or not, as he is the acknowledged, errrr, > "final-say" man. He is the man you need to convince of the most > beneficial way forward. > > Of course, the nice thing with PD (Free-as-in-free) is that the sort > of people who refuse to license-cripple their code might not complain > if someone changed a few variable names and claimed it as their own > code so as to allow many more to benefit from it!? > > >firstly i dont understand why you would want to stay annonymouse.. i > >like the egoboost of seeing my name on the web :D > > To me, the ego trip comes from the achievement, not the praise. I've > spent too much of my life on a stage to really be that impressed by > people clapping anymore :( Oh don't get me wrong, it has it's > moments, but in general people so often clap for (what seem to me as) > the most trivial of achievements. > > BC > > Received on 2006-03-09 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |