Re: fvwm(1): replace GPL-licensed code, fix bugs and add improvements

David Uhden Collado <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 19:24:00 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.tech
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Theo de Raadt wrote:
> David Uhden Collado <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I understand that large patches require more caution and more review
>> time. What I find discouraging is that their size seems to create an
>> immediate presumption that the work is untrustworthy or LLM-generated.
> 
> The problem is not trust of the code.
> 
> You have demonstrated behaviours that make you untrustworthy.
> 
Theo,

I understand why new contributors are not trusted immediately, but open
source also depends on people seeing a problem and trying to fix it.

I focus my limited time on the work I consider most important, so I tend
to start with larger problems rather than submitting small patches to
build trust or prestige.

Some people are also still learning, and limited knowledge or 
misunderstood tone can lead to mistakes. Nobody is perfect or 
infallible, so trust should ultimately come from reviewing the work itself.

David.