Re: Advocacy (Appologies Please)

["Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn-cygwin at exposure dot org dot uk>]

> I'm saddened to have to post this. After submitting a bug report (complete
> with source code fix) about rsync, I've now been flamed by various members
> of the list for having a disclaimer at the bottom of my e-mails. The
flames
> I received were thoroughly sarcastic and accusatory, and suggested that I
> should not post to the list.
>
> At my place of work, access to free e-mail websites is blocked, so the
only
> e-mail I can send is via my official account. This adds the disclaimer you
> see at the bottom. I can't prevent that. You can ignore it very easily,
and
> delete this message if the disclaimer offends you. No, I don't mention you
> by name but yes, you are an intended recipient of the message.
>
> After receiving this abuse from list members, I'm unlikely to contribute
> anything further to cygwin, and will not report further bugs. If this is
the
> behaviour the cygwin developers wish to encourage, you need to do nothing
> further. If you think it's a shame, please encourage the list members to
> read up on advocacy. This is exactly the reason that open source is having
a
> hard time being adopted widely by the commercial world.
>
> My apologies if the disclaimer in this message has caused you any anguish.
> Any trolling replies will be deleted. Anyone with serious comments is
> encouraged to reply to this address, since as you may have guessed I'm not
> subscribed to the list.

David,

I don't think that it was necessarily aimed at you rather your disclaimer
;-) I know how you feel, I'm just one of the lucky ones that happens to run
our mailgate and can add a simple '!ND' at the end of my message to get the
disclaimer withheld. Please don't let this offend you or your patches :-)


Regards,

Elfyn McBratney
elfyn at exposure dot org dot uk
www.exposure.org.uk



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