Mike Bennett said:
> When hearing various people going on about the merits of one license
> model over another I often wonder exactly how many of those highly
> opinionated people have actually released any software back to the
> "community"? Its far easier to talk than contribute in a constructive
> way (which flame wars rarely are).
I have contributed several free software projects to date, one of which
boasted thousands of users in about 100 sites worldwide (PLP, an LPD
replacement) in its heyday. I reckon that makes me qualified enough ;)
> Since the "Irish free software scene" doesn't seem to have much presence
> in terms of packages released I think it'd be a good idea to have a
> section on the web site listing various people's software
> contributions?
Well, I'd support that,
--j.
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