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Re:Why Linux is not attracting young developers by jrockway on Monday April 19, 2010 @01:29AM (#1276154)
Your conception is largely false. I can't think of any project I work on regularly that won't give a commit bit to anyone who asks.

But keep in mind, for best success, the order of operations is "step 1. write code. Step 2. ask for commit bit". Sometimes it works the other way, but not as often.

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Re:Why Linux is not attracting young developers by sliverstorm on Monday April 19, 2010 @03:49AM (#1276288)
Of course. It's not that commit access is my goal, it's that I'd want my work to stand a chance of being integrated into the kernel instead of rejected out of hand, and I've never been sure just how much that happens w/ no-names. If it's horrible code, then yes reject it, but besides esoteric drivers it's always seemed like a bit of an old-boys-club to this outsider.
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