[paradise-workers] Organisation preferences
Karl Robillard krobillard at san.rr.com
Fri Jan 25 18:54:01 CST 2008

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On Friday 25 January 2008 10:00:18 am Zach <netrek at gmail.com> wrote:
> I know everyone is busy and has work, school, family etc. but
> so do other open source projects that are magnitudes busier than
> netrek and of considerably greater size and complexity. So how come
> those people (who have demanding jobs, families, and same demands as
> us if not greater) can make substantial contributions to big or medium
> sized open source projects yet netrek has such apathy and inaction? It
> is certainly frustrating.
>
> Zach


Umm... maybe because Netrek isn't open source?  I was considering joining the 
project, but then I saw what seemed to be veiled threats about redistributing 
or changing the code in the mailing list archives.  Much of the code I saw 
had no license.  I wouldn't touch the Netrek code with a ten-foot pole.

Then there is the culture of the people involved.  I get the feeling the 
Bronco guys think the game is perfect.  The biggest proponent for change, one 
Rado S, seems to have nothing to contribute but whining.  I just didn't get a 
good vibe from reading the archives.

That said, it is hard for most open source projects to gain contributors as 
well.

And besides, Netrek is a bit dated.  So I work on my own Trek game 
(http://outguard.sf.net).


-Karl