2 posts tagged “cluepon”
After I posted my File_S3 proposal on Wednesday all hell broke loose yesterday. In the process it turned out that the code I originally used to build this class is obviously by Caesar D. Rodas (who also commented on my blog entry) and got pretty upset - I can understand.
Follow the discussion:
- http://www.nabble.com/-PEPr--Proposal-for-File-System%3A%3AS3-tf4949599.html
- http://www.nabble.com/-PEPr--Comment-on-File-System%3A%3AS3-tf4953679.html
Last night I managed to get in touch with my project manager at that time, at that company and he strongly believed they (the company) owned all IP on the code and he was even more surprised when I told him about the mess it had gotten myself in. Of course this also blows for them, since they obviously got ripped off in the process.
As always - there is a lot to learn from open source, the number one lesson is, "If you don't have a clean track record of code, don't use it!". Though this is sometimes not as black and white as one would like.
Two thoughts of the moment:
- a search engine for code and fuzzy checksums
- I see why certain companies like CLAs
- ... and a third: I need coffee!
With open source, many times you get people asking a question about a problem which does not have anything to do with the project itself. So for example on RoundCube we always get people who have configuration issues and blame it on the webmailer.
Here is something else:
Indirectly!23:06 < DW> I know it does not really have anything to do with roundcube
23:06 < DW> but the fact is
23:06 < DW> this channel is the most active
23:06 < DW> when it comes to mail servers
23:07 < DW> so it indirectly has something to do with roundcube
