Re: Request for comment -- a better attribution system

Eric S. Raymond (esr@thyrsus.com)
Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:50:56 -0400

Roger Gammans <roger@computer-surgery.co.uk>:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 09:14:41AM -0400, Horst von Brand wrote:
> > People who want to take over "because it is s00 k3w1 to be a maintainer"
> > with no real interest in the code, just in the fact that it is orphaned...
>
> No. People who want to give something back to the linux community
> and want to find an option within their ability and time constariants.

Indeed. Beware elitism. If lkml become a closed society, it will become
a dead one shortly thereafter.

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