From owner-freebsd-java Thu Feb 6 15: 1: 1 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 796A737B401; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:01:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [66.92.160.223]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3DF443FBD; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:00:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [66.92.160.223]) by sasami.jurai.net (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h16N0tvA048054; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 18:00:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 18:00:55 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: Marc van Kempen Cc: Bill Huey , John Polstra , "John L. Utz III" , Brent Verner , 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) In-Reply-To: <01E2A478-3A25-11D7-8CFD-0003930B8FFA@bowtie.nl> Message-ID: <20030206175143.E15295@sasami.jurai.net> References: <01E2A478-3A25-11D7-8CFD-0003930B8FFA@bowtie.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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