---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: imcdnzl <ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz> Date: Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:34 PM Subject: Nine Attitude Problems in Free and Open Source Software (Datamation) To: ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz Sent to you by imcdnzl via Google Reader: Nine Attitude Problems in Free and Open Source Software (Datamation)<http://lwn.net/Articles/303929/rss> via LWN.net <http://lwn.net> by corbet on 10/20/08 Here's your sermon for the day: Datamation lists a set of perceived "attitude problems"<http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3778096/Nine+Attitude+Problems+in+Free+and+Open+Source+Software.htm>found in the free software community. "Especially in large projects, documenters, testers, artists, marketers and managers -- to say nothing of general end users -- have all become essential contributors. Increasingly, a FOSS software release is becoming a collaboration among people of different skill sets. Yet, despite this change, in many projects, non-developers are given second class treatment. In a large number of cases, they cannot become full members of the project, and are not allowed to vote." Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to LWN.net<http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Flwn.net%2Fheadlines%2Fnewrss?source=email>using *Google Reader* - Get started using Google Reader<http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email>to easily keep up with *all your favorite sites* -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/, http://www.jandi.co.nz Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz