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

Deven T. Corzine wrote:

>On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Tony Lambregts wrote:
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>>Deven T. Corzine wrote:
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>>>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...
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>>http://www.winehq.org/about/index.php?contrib
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>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.
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp

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>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. 
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http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&lr=&q=+site:msdn.microsoft.com+ipc (Of 
course you could probably do better yourself)

> Pointing me at the contrib page is a nice gesture, but 
>not really effective in this case.
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>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?)
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Well how about if you send an e-mail to [email protected] and maybe 
some developer will want to help you. After all there is always room for 
improvement.


Tony Lambregts