[ros-dev] Re: Goodbye Everyone...

[mf]

KJKHyperion wrote:
> Steven Edwards wrote:
> 
>>> Anyways, I believe it is time to start anew.  New project, different 
>>> name, different goals.
>>>   
>>
>> We seem to be a ship that is taking on water. The only consolation I 
>> can give you is that the old tree will be restored somewhere as per 
>> the vote. From there auditing should take place.
>>
> Voting is stupid. Auditing is stupid. Policies are stupid. Why is 
> ReactOS dying? because coders cannot code anymore. Here's your crisis. 
> All this trumpeting about the audit is stupid, and I seriously want to 
> kick in the face whoever actually believes in it. It's only a convenient 
> lie you all like to believe in
> 
> For the love of god, unlock the repository and resume the coding. Nobody 
> wants the audit, and as it stands now it's completely useless - if 
> there's dubious code, let someone _else_ do the audit. In the USA you 
> have the DMCA, ok, but you have presumption of innocence too, so, christ 
> almighty, use it. Let _Microsoft_ waste resources trying to demonstrate 
> a copyright violation. Let them prove the reversing wasn't clean-room, 
> if that's even possible (let _them_ find out if it is). You are digging 
> your own graves, you don't even know who the "enemy" is and have never 
> faced it. This is suicide. Legally we were and we are in no danger, you 
> KNOW it's always been a matter of PR, but someone HAD to fuck it up 
> royally (hey Hartmut, please eat shit and die. This is all your own 
> fucking fault. Hope you're happy with the outcome of your sissy drama) 
> and turn us into instant celebrities. Relax, chill, you cannot outdo 
> Wine, PR-wise, they have investors, we don't - so why act like we did 
> do, with all the issues and none of the benefits?
> 
> We don't need good PR, we need fucking CODE. Wasn't becoming a ReactOS 
> developer a matter of trust and social networking? This used to be the 
> beauty of it, that you didn't have to sign away your soul to 
> partecipate. And I don't see what makes you believe that adding barriers 
> will be beneficial - has it ever worked? EVER?
> 
> This is an open source project. Code is all that matters. No code 
> flowing in, project dies
> 
> *****
> 
> Mr. Project Coordinator, take some risks, show some balls, be a fucking 
> asshole about it if you have to, and recall the audit. It's only been a 
> glorious display of weakness and ineptitude so far. You know it's 
> killing the project while doing NO GOOD WHATSOEVER to it, save for 
> HYPOTHETICAL, FUTURE and all-in-all IRRELEVANT benefits
> 
> Wine can ultimately suck dick, if that's what you're worried about. 
> They're using a public license, they cannot revoke it. So if they don't 
> like our policies, so long. We can parasite them, they cannot parasite 
> us, all their loss if they want to turn it into a one-way relationship 
> because mr. Investor has his ass itching about bad PR from us and 
> Alexandre has to scratch him
> 
> Please let the code flow again. Let people do what they want to do

^-- What he said.

Great mail, KJK. People are standing up. First GreatLord, now you. This 
brings a smile on my face. Time to stop taking crap from everyone.

mf.