Am 11.09.20 um 10:55 schrieb Jörg Schmidt:
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Am 10.09.20 um 09:55 schrieb Jörg Schmidt:
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Am 09.09.20 um 20:39 schrieb Jörg Schmidt:
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Subject: Re: we are a ASF-project
Am 09.09.20 um 20:00 schrieb Jörg Schmidt:
Even "open source" vs. "open-source" has already been
discussed in June.
So you think it is in the interest of the ASF if one of its
projects uses a different spelling than the ASF itself?
I understand your statement as a provocation. So, what do
you want to
reach with this?
I don't want to achieve anything with it, because I can't
achieve anything formally with it, because the discussion
is closed.
I just point out to all of us that it seems to me a strange
procedure to discuss spelling.
[...]
Marcus, things are much easier than you think.
I know that in German the spelling of "Open Source" vs.
"Open-Source" vs. "OpenSource" is quite controversial. Far
less is (or: seems to me) controversial in English and so the
spelling "open-source" caught my eye.
but you make it soooo complicated.
No, I don't do that ...
I think you don't imagine how your mails come across to
others and how
the mails could be understood by others.
Thanks for this hint
Did you really think it was right to accuse me of "provocation"(?)
That is my feeling when I read your mail.
How can I avoid this impression without giving up my opinion?
What I see as a problem is something completely different, namely that there is less and
less joint discussion, but the discussion is replaced by "deals", which are
called 'I don't criticize your actions if you don't criticize my actions' ... but this
leads to a juxtaposition and to mediocrity (imho).
I myself perceive criticism as something constructive, as something that lays
the foundation for improvement and not as something negative.
it starts with the mail subject:
There is no need to change it and it doesn't belong to this mail thread.
And everybody knows that we are a project of the ASF.
There is also no need to remind us of this fact.
With your formulation "So you think it is in the interest of the ASF
..." you imply that someone declines to correct an error and therefore
is doing something bad.
To give you an example that shows a more constructive feedback:
So you think it is in the interest of the ASF if one of its projects
uses a different spelling than the ASF itself?
"
I suggest to change the text of "open-source" in the logo to remove the
dash as I think it's a spelling error. I'm not a native speaker but when
looking at other places in other ASF projects it looks like it should be
"open source".
Furthermore, when searching at Google:
"open source has 158,000,00 hits
"open-source has just 3,570,00 hits
"
Yes, it's longer than yours. However, it delivers also some facts.
BTW:
The ASF doesn't care if there is a spelling error in texts that one of
their countless projects is doing. ;-)
PS:
And as always, this is just my opinion and my 2 ct.
Marcus
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