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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by flagrant_taco on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @09:40AM (#37674523)
I'm not sure why intentions would matter here, or how one would compare the value of different intentions. If someone adds value to the codebase and fixes, or helps to fix, a valid bug why should we care why they did it?

Sure intentions may indicate the liklihood of the person contributing more in the future, but that's a health metric for the project and unrelated from the contribution itself.

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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by zarathustreal on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:31AM (#37675206)
>why should we care why they did it?

Because it's important to cultivate the right motivation among contributors. Allowing people with selfish motivations to thrive eventually destroys the project.

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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by flagrant_taco on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:20PM (#37684418)
Assuming that you can control who thrives in a project seems like a death nail in and of itself. Contributions should stand on their own, why the person contributed them or who the person is should have no bearing on the FOSS project.
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