Responsible Open Source Code Parenting

Re:Responsible Open Source Code Parenting by nollidge on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @03:10PM (#1021180)

> When you release code, there's an implicit commitment of improving and maintaining it

Why? Why are there any commitments whatsoever attached to making code publicly available? I could just as easily keep it to myself.

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Re:Responsible Open Source Code Parenting by algorias on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @10:07PM (#1021809)

If you say you'll help someone out, then you better show up. Otherwise, you'll leave the other guy worse off than if you hadn't offered to help in the first place.

So, yes, it is better to release nothing than something buggy and unsupported. The former doesn't waste everyone's time pretending to be a solution.

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Re:Responsible Open Source Code Parenting by thejake on Wednesday December 30, 2009 @04:50PM (#1023307)

What an entitled attitude.

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