[sdiy] Secrets [Was: Discrete OTA]

[Andre Majorel]

On 2014-04-10 09:52 +0300, Phil Macphail wrote:

> The problem is that the ratio of parasites to fair-players
> isn't in the favour of the fair-players any longer. The
> sharing is a two-way street, and when goodwill is abused it is
> generally withdrawn. I know from experience that putting
> things in the public domain generates a level of 'noise' that
> can be very distracting. I also have private mail
> 'conversations' with people that are open and very rewarding.
> Fortunately this list i free of the parasites, but Google
> doesn't vet it's users before sending them to your website.
> As a final example of the distraction that can arise form
> publishing work, read this from Muffs
> http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109522 I
> admire what Olivier has done and how he has gone about it, but
> there is always someone pushing for more?.

The world of libre software is confronted to the same problems
but has come to the opposite conclusion. They've been sharing
code for decades. They never let arses and parasites stop them.
There is now more code out there to read or hack than anyone can
handle.

If software hobbyists do it, why couldn't hardware hobbyists ?

-- 
André Majorel http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/