[Pharo-project] looking for Kent Beck, in his roll of MongoTalk creator/admin
Hi, Well... I modified somethings in MongoTalk package, in order to make it work in my project (for instance "update" command was missing)... and maybe, as my project continues growing, some more changes will be needed. I would like to commit the changes in the MongoTalk repository, but then I realized I have no rights to write in the repository... also, I noticed there is no license information provided (dumb me, I assumed it was MIT) and I need to know it before I can deliver my project :) So, I'm would like to define a couple of things: 1) license information (it would be really cool if it is MIT ;)) 2) write permission, if it is ok I to commit my changes there (a global Read/Write would also be cool, but not everybody âincluding meâ likes it everytime :) ) thanks, Esteban
Esteban Lorenzano wrote:
2) write permission, if it is ok I to commit my changes there (a global Read/Write would also be cool, but not everybody âincluding meâ likes it everytime :) )
Please, please, please, oh wonderful creators of SqS3 and SmalltalkHub, include a feature that overcomes this longstanding, frustrating problem. One good idea might be a per-project inbox, so at least all contributed code can be found in one place even if it can't/won't be integrated. Or maybe a forking feature, like git. Or both! Esteban Lorenzano wrote:
1) license information (it would be really cool if it is MIT ;))
Research shows that when you get people to "do the right thing" by "making doing good the default option" [1]. Let's have the license default to MIT so that people who don't really care, don't know, forget to select an option end up with the choice most beneficial to the community. [1] http://www.bnet.com/blog/mba/do-the-right-thing-stanford-conference-discusse... : Make doing good the default option: Columbia Business Schoolâs Eric Johnson pointed to research showing that there is a much higher rate of organ donation in countries where people have to opt out of organ donation, rather than opt in. Similarly, people save more money when their companies automatically enroll them in a retirement savings plan. -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/looking-for-Kent-Beck-in-his-roll-of-MongoTalk-creator... Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
On 09/28/2011 06:02 PM, Sean P. DeNigris wrote:
Esteban Lorenzano wrote:
2) write permission, if it is ok I to commit my changes there (a global Read/Write would also be cool, but not everybody âincluding meâ likes it everytime :) )
Please, please, please, oh wonderful creators of SqS3 and SmalltalkHub, include a feature that overcomes this longstanding, frustrating problem. One good idea might be a per-project inbox, so at least all contributed code can be found in one place even if it can't/won't be integrated. Or maybe a forking feature, like git. Or both!
Esteban Lorenzano wrote:
1) license information (it would be really cool if it is MIT ;))
Research shows that when you get people to "do the right thing" by "making doing good the default option" [1]. Let's have the license default to MIT so that people who don't really care, don't know, forget to select an option end up with the choice most beneficial to the community.
Choosing a license is a serious matter and should be done consciously. Unlike a default value for some configuration value it as far reaching legal consequences. Cheers Philippe
Recently, I was in similar situation. I wanted to commit on http://www.squeaksource.com/Printf.html, but I had no right to do so. I made my version of Printf and send an email to Dominic Letz, the creator of the project, with mcz file attached. He replied with thank of participation and let my verion be uploaded. http://www.squeaksource.com/Printf HwaJong Oh -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/looking-for-Kent-Beck-in-his-roll-of-MongoTalk-creator... Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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