[OT] Rant (was Re: [sldev] Heads up - we're working on CMake)

[Dzonatas]

Very true.

If anyone hasn't seen the movie "Shooter," I suggest they do.  It is 
really good movie on the notion it plays out. Metaphorically, one could 
compare the movie that open source development. Without any spoilers, it 
portrays a bit about politics and the law that is of quite interest. The 
end of the movie surely suggested the movie was to be taken more 
metaphorically than to suggest or relate to any conspiracy, which would 
be only of mere coincidence.

Here...  it made me think of SL's T.O.S. where there is virtual land 
under such T.O.S. and what goes on "the outside" (mmmm, perhaps in RL.)  
It also made me think of the recent blog post also: 
http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/11/30/second-life-viewer-susceptible-to-quicktime-security-flaw/

And, the weights used to justify changes in and out of LL -- changes 
that are "sometimes savage and unsparing" (not just the criticism).

The movie put a typical, commonly found, political game and put it in 
plain English.


Hamncheese wrote:
> I don't think it reasonable for LL to tip toe around but then have to 
> allow the community to frank and harsh. However it's evident to me 
> that everyone needs thicker skin starting with LL developers. I think 
> my thoughts on this topic are summed up by Dave Worthington's story in 
> his opening sentence in the Nov 15th issue of SD Times 
> http://www2.sdtimes.com/pdf/SDTimesBackIssues/sdtimes186.pdf. He states:
>
> "One of the pitfalls of being
> open is that one has to be willing
> to accept criticism, sometimes
> savage and unsparing."
>
> While he was talking about Microsoft's foray into open source 
> licensing, I think there are enough similarities (at least right now) 
> between LL and MS that everyone should read it.
>
> I'm not sure what anyone at LL is thinking when they come across as 
> defensive and protective. Everyone is on this list for a reason and is 
> a tiny subset of the larger SL community that obviously thinks that 
> they have something to contribute to the betterment of their own (and 
> shock of all shocks) other's SL experience. Yes, some are "sometimes 
> savage and unsparing" but I have to think that comes from frustration. 
> I don't know anyone here that has a personal vendetta against LL (well 
> ok maybe one but I digress).
>
> I think a really great exercise for LL would be to obtain everyone's 
> real life resume's and see that the community collectively has greater 
> and more diverse experience than their brightest developers will ever 
> be or have. BTW that is not a criticism of anyone of any sort at LL 
> and if that statement offends anyone then read my second sentence 
> about thicker skin. It's simply a factor of the economy of scale. So 
> LL can either tap into that diverse experience or use the list to 
> report status. Really as the architect it is their choice as I pointed 
> out in my last email. However, I hate trying to guess what it is going 
> to be. In the last case of reporting status the developer is obviously 
> confused as well as to his role.
>
> It boils down to this for me: If LL doesn't like what the community is 
> saying, they should figure out with is wrong and fix it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jon
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anders Arnholm" <Anders at Arnholm.se>
> To: "Callum Lerwick" <seg at haxxed.com>
> Cc: <sldev at lists.secondlife.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 8:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [sldev] Heads up - we're working on CMake
>
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