[sldev] Working Together on Sculpties (Re: VWR-1110)

[Dzonatas]

I'm thinking if there is an issue worth talking about it belongs here.

Talking is being reasonable.

What you suggest is being irrational; you troll.

Michael Mitchell wrote:
> I am kind of thinking you should keep both your laundry and payroll
> issues out of a mailing list like this one. I for one have no interest
> in either one. Also, if you are seeking employment with McDonalds, the
> best place to offer your services is at your local branch--not here.
>
> On 8/21/07, Dzonatas <dzonatas at dzonux.net> wrote:
>   
>> (bringing chat here since it seemed to die elsewhere)
>>
>> RE: https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-1110
>>
>> ----
>>
>>     
>>> Rob Linden - 02/Aug/07 09:26 PM
>>> We can't accept this patch into the mainline viewer without a signed
>>>       
>> contribution agreement on file. Could you send that in?
>> This is odd. I have a contract on file, but I never was notified that it
>> would not be honored anymore. That would be the first message of the
>> contrary. =(
>>
>> -----
>>
>>     
>>> Qarl Linden - 07/Aug/07 03:24 PM
>>> hey Dzonatas - how's life?
>>>
>>> a few lindens keep poking me and asking about this patch, whether we
>>>       
>> should apply it or not.
>>     
>>> i think you agree, the patch only works for very specific meshes right now
>>>       
>> (64x64 vertex meshes, laid in a grid) and so does NOT meet the 90% criteria
>> mentioned above.
>>     
>>> yes? no?
>>>       
>> Qarl, considering that due to the contract not being honored above anymore,
>> I'm not getting any checks from LL to do further work. That also means I
>> don't have the money to buy models on turbosquid to test your ideal
>> importer. A yes or no answer is an extremely terrible thing to ask because
>> of this. (catch-22?)
>>
>> I offered to do under the terms of the contract even if I don't get paid.
>> That doesn't seem to be an option?
>>
>> When a company pushed its own motives into an open source viewer (literally
>> making it not Open Source... but its just source code), it seems like a
>> severe problem to say to a company would accept open source work but than
>> not communicate that entire open source projects are going to get dumped or
>> overwritten by the companies own motives.
>>
>> I fear that would happen here with sculptie importers. Last I heard, LL
>> contracted someone else to do a sculptie importer. I was left wondering if
>> that importer meets your 90% demand.  (Actually, I'm wondering if any
>> importer has passed the 90% criteria, yet)
>>
>> I do appreciate greater communication on this. It appears, however, in past
>> attempts of communication that I was related to being a "waste of time" by
>> LL employees. Yes, that got me upset considering how desperate I am to get
>> something better than McD's. Working at Lindens Labs is a dream job for me,
>> but when my four children ask me what I do for work, I have an option of
>> telling them of being a "waste of time" or a dream job. Which one would your
>> rather tell them? I think I rather die than work at McD's. What father
>> wouldn't?
>>
>> --
>> Power to Change the Void
>> _______________________________________________
>> Click here to unsubscribe or manage your list subscription:
>> /index.html
>>
>>
>>     
>
>
>   

-- 
Power to Change the Void
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/sldev/attachments/20070822/6c355591/attachment-0001.htm