"Branden Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Out of curiosity, do you regard *this* message as a flame?
No, happily, this is one the more reasoned replies you made, thanks. I would like to know what your intent was. Did you wish to express anger? Did you wish to make people on this list aware that Jesus was not giving you (and possibly others) credit? Was it your desire to educate someone to better understand the complicated IP issues around copyright? I'm kind of surprised that all of this happened over a WWW site designed to help people install linux on a laptop. Nobody stands to gain any prestige or money from putting together such resources. Why make a big public stink? Why not simply send a polite (private) letter indicating the problem and proposing a solution: "I believe it would be fair and correct for you to properly cite the work that I and others have produced that allowed you to create your site". I think those two lines would have avoided this entire scene. But it doesn't seem that it was your intent to find an easy solution - or at least that is how it reads in your emails. And if that is how I read it, how do you think a non-native english speaker reads it? >From my (limited) experience, you've done a lot of amazingly excellent work for the debian community, but you also have an attitude of greeting people at the door with both guns drawn - not a particularly warm greeting. If that's how you wish to be perceived, then continue. However, it will certainly have consequences such as potentially alienating people like Jesus who have an honest desire to help, but get greeted by one of your full-frontal-assaults. Cheers, jas.
