[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.