From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Samuel Wales Subject: Re: Org Community Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:34:23 -0700 Message-ID: References: <513CBC82.4000600@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54228) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UF8UO-0002e5-7w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:34:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UF8UK-000593-Mu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:34:28 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]:64095) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UF8UK-00058v-HC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:34:24 -0400 Received: by mail-wg0-f49.google.com with SMTP id 15so5200864wgd.28 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:34:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <513CBC82.4000600@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Scott Randby Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Thank you for writing that, Scott. On 3/10/13, Scott Randby wrote: > Last September, I attended a talk given by the lead developers of a > prominent free software project. One of the developers spoke about the > importance of maintaining a friendly community that does not drive > people away. In particular, the developer emphasized that the > community is more important than the code. > > The org community has been wonderful since I've started using org. My > questions on even the most basic matters have been answered with > respect and clarity. Even though I'm a mere user of org, I've never > hesitated to participate in a discussion on the mailing list. > > However, I am concerned about the future of org. There is one > individual who is poisoning the atmosphere by engaging in unfair and > unfounded name calling that simply should not be included in messages > to this list. Now this person wants to take some of their > contributions out of org. The developer of the talk I attended called > this tactic "hostage taking" and said that it is better for the > community to let hostage takers go their own way. The project and > community are more important than the code. The code can be written by > others, or the community can decide to go in a different > direction. Giving in to hostage takers leads to more hostage taking > and the decline of the project. > > Many of the users of org find it to be irreplaceable. We don't want to > see org fall apart because of dissension in the community. I'm not > saying that we shouldn't have dissent and disagreement. No, those are > essential for a vigorous and healthy project. It is hateful and > untruthful personal attacks that we should not accept no matter how > significant the code contributions of those making the attacks. > > Scott Randby > > -- The Kafka Pandemic: http://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com The disease DOES progress. MANY people have died from it. It attacks MANY body systems. ANYBODY can get it. There is NO hope without activist action. This means YOU.