From d53f7facb2763b583ee7f7d3c20c9d82c956cb03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hill Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 11:33:16 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Created About this "your software" mindset (markdown) --- "About-this-\"your-software\"-mindset.md" | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 "About-this-\"your-software\"-mindset.md" diff --git "a/About-this-\"your-software\"-mindset.md" "b/About-this-\"your-software\"-mindset.md" new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c673ad4 --- /dev/null +++ "b/About-this-\"your-software\"-mindset.md" @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +This is a response to the "your software" mindset I have seen many times. I will quote a statement from a real occurrence (the context does not matter). My emphasis: + +> You should appreciate people using **your** software and **taking the time** to report bugs. + +This statement has bothered me when I read it, because it misses completely the big picture. + +> **your** software + +uBlock is licensed GPLv3. If you click the "Fork" button at the top of a project's Github page, this software becomes **yours**. + +Try it. + +So now that this software is **yours**, re-consider this part of the sentence: + +> taking the time + +Now that the software is **yours**, what apparently you saw as some sort of favor ("taking the time"), was actually a favor to yourself in retrospect, and also in retrospect, you hopefully can now appreciate the _huge_ amount of time spent by others on what is now **your** software. \ No newline at end of file