tlug: Dave`s concerns/Frank`s suggestion (was: `Old Guard`)

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "tjh" == tjhaslam  <tjhaslam@example.com> writes:

    tjh> Nor am I a *member* by the standards perviously stated by
    tjh> Chris and by Stephen Turnbull.

May I quote Maynard Keynes?  "When I'm wrong, I change my mind."  I
don't have time to go back and make sure that I've actually changed my
mind ;-) so let's just stipulate it.

_My_ current standard is a desire to contribute, willingness to learn
(and expend some minimal effort) in order to be able to do so, respect
for the contributions of others (however odious their behavior may be,
and if some of the things I'm told are true, Stallman himself as well
as some central Linux kernel hackers have done some odious things),
and acknowledgement that those contributions are gifts (implying
_appropriate_ thanks, not obeisance).

I'm sure you meet that standard.  Unless you don't want to be a
member, then you're not---but still welcome on the list by my
standards (which of course don't rule _that_).

I do wish you'd write a few million lines of code and GPL it (whatever 
it does), though.  ;-)

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