Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 18:00:55 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl> Cc: Bill Huey <billh@gnuppy.monkey.org>, John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, "John L. Utz III" <john@utzweb.net>, Brent Verner <brent@rcfile.org>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, rwatson@freesbsd.org, calvin.austin@sun.com, brian@collab.net, bod@freebsdfoundation.org Subject: Re: patchset 2 report (billh's resignation) Message-ID: <20030206175143.E15295@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <01E2A478-3A25-11D7-8CFD-0003930B8FFA@bowtie.nl> References: <01E2A478-3A25-11D7-8CFD-0003930B8FFA@bowtie.nl>
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On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Marc van Kempen wrote: > If you'd just say "Bill you're an **** for insulting me the way that > you do, but I have since researched the mailing list and commit logs > and acknowledge that you have made a big contribution to the whole java > porting process and more specifically to the hotspot port, and we would > have certainly consulted you had I known." > > Now is that so hard? You know, one doesn't typically -demand- recognition. If you're working on something of your own volition "for fun" you can't seriously expect anything for your efforts. If you require some sort of compensation you're free make that a condition for others to use your work. Rational people don't go stomping around demanding that the world be perfect for them. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | For Great Justice! | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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