On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:01 AM, RA Stehmann > <anw...@rechtsanwalt-stehmann.de> wrote: >> On 06.08.2013 15:43, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >> >>>> I think it is more "tact" than "luck". But we have had some success >>>> in making such requests in the past, generally quiet requests directly >>>> to the developer. Most open source developers write code because they >>>> want it to be used and for people to benefit from it. So if you give >>>> them an opportunity for their code to be even more widely used, this >>>> aligns with their goals as well. But such requests must be made >>>> quietly, via private email, since there is a lot of peer pressure to >>>> be uncooperative with Apache. >>> >>> mmh, I don't like this under the hood tactic, I would prefer a public >>> blog post to invite developers to provide their patches under ALv2 to >>> make them available to all users of any OpoenOffice derivative. >>> >>> Why not asking directly? I personally don't care about people shooting >>> against me, especially not if their reasons are so stupid and against my >>> understanding of open source. >>> >>> Really open minded people will see the benefit of contributing to the >>> core and fix problems where the code intially comes from. >> >> An under the hood tactic wouldn't work, because the AOO sources are >> open, so everybody can see contributions coming from "LibreOffice >> developers". You can't keep the contributions secret. >> > > Actually, it does work. It has happened on several occasions, even > with AOO 4.0. > > I think you are mixing up two things: asking privately and > contributing publicly. These are not contradictory. >
Or maybe the point you are missing is the distinction between a "quiet" approach and a "secret" approach. These are not the same thing. I'm not proposing secrecy. But one can be transparent without drawing unwanted attention to a request. -Rob > In any case, I'd challenge anyone to point to an example where the > contrary approach worked: asking publicly on the LO mailing list. > > -Rob > > >> So IMO ask them in an open way - hoping to find open minded people. >> >> Regards >> Michael >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
