Re: GPL vs. sweatshops (was Re: Bias)

On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Tony Lambregts wrote:

> Deven T. Corzine wrote:
> 
> >Curiously, though several people suggested I should focus on contributing 
> >something to Wine instead of just "complaining" to this list, when I later 
> >suggested that I might be able to contribute with a little help to figure 
> >out what would be needed, NOBODY stepped up to help me.  So I guess I won't 
> >be able to contribute to the code after all...
>
> http://www.winehq.org/about/index.php?contrib

Well, thanks for the token response.  I guess that's slightly better than 
none at all.  Of course, I could have found that page on my own; it doesn't 
really help much in actuality.  I said that I don't have any experience 
with the Windows API, nor any background with the Wine code.  I don't have 
Windows API documentation and I'm not planning to spend my money on it.

I might be able to help with something low-level like making sure the 
Windows IPC mechanisms are completely implemented (according to the specs, 
which may or may not be complete/accurate), but I need an actual person to 
be willing to help me figure out what needs to be done and how, and help 
get me started on it, and I would need the relevant parts of the Windows 
API documentation.  Pointing me at the contrib page is a nice gesture, but 
not really effective in this case.

If a developer who knows enough about the IPC mechanisms (both in Windows 
and in the Wine code) wants to help me, maybe I can do something in this 
area.  If not, so be it.  (Or maybe I'm misunderstanding and the Windows 
IPC calls are already fully implemented?)

Deven