On 02/01/2016 01:04 PM, Chris Wright wrote: > Hey Uri, > > * Elzur, Uri (uri.el...@intel.com) wrote: >> I find it strange and misleading for full time employees to use aliases on >> OPEN SOURCE mailing lists. Is the code OPEN but affiliation is not? Does >> anyone work pro bono?
Thanks for sharing the concern, Uri. > This is actually a pretty normal practice for open source developers. > Here are some common reasons why: > > - personally invested in project, representing own views not employer's > - want continuity of reputation, accessibility (questions and bug reports > well after code is merged), and mailing list subscriptions across jobs > - employer has lousy mailer setup for managing list volume and proper > workflow (patch attachments) > - working on project in spare time (despite any professional affiliation) > - employer unwilling to disclose they are using or working on project That's a pretty good summary. Thanks, Chris. In my case, I had a bizarre problem with my corporate email and the OVS mailing lists. I gave up trying to resolve it and switched. >> The community will be better off if we all clearly identify our affiliations > > It's fair to wonder if, despite a variety of email addresses, the > community you are working in is dominated by a single company and you > are fighting an uphill battle that is not about technical merit. Some > communities maintain this (opt-in) mapping for statistics gathering. github has stats, but not affiliation tracking. The OpenStack community has a stats tool called Stackalytics. I noticed a while back that Open vSwitch was included there. It supports tracking corporate affiliation, if you're interested in that. http://stackalytics.com/?project_type=ovs-group&metric=commits I'm not sure if anything else similar exists. > Healthy communities operate on trust built between individuals. Indeed, I generally see too much focus on companies vs individuals as a bad sign for the health of an open source community. > thanks, > -chris > > P.S. I know you know, but full disclosure -- I work for Red Hat. I also work for Red Hat. -- Russell Bryant _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
