[time-nuts] Releasing sources (was Re: Brooks Shera)

Alan Melia alan.melia at btinternet.com
Thu Mar 28 15:11:52 EDT 2013


Hi John Please dont take it down! remember there are more of us who quietly
appreciate sites like yours. I once suggested to a query the answer was in
the help file and background by googling or using wikipedia, and was told it
was a lot easier and quicker to play dumb and ask.!!

I also suggest you do as some do and say "This is not a beginners project.
If you do not understand the requirements or have the construction skills,
please dont expect support for a freebie"

It prob wont stop it but it will give your a clearer conscience when you 
decline to reply :-))
Alan
G3NYK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "NeonJohn" <jgd at neon-john.com>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
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Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 6:16 PM
Subject: [time-nuts] Releasing sources (was Re: Brooks Shera)


>
>
> On 03/25/2013 09:36 AM, Jim Lux wrote:
>
>> One reason is that if one DOES release source, one will wind up
>> supporting it, because generally, we all nice people and helpful, and
>> it's hard to tell someone no when they send an email asking how to get
>> it to compile on Version N+3 when you used version N, etc.  This can be
>> a real distraction from whatever else you are doing.
>
> Boy, you can say that again.  And open source hardware is even worse.  A
> couple of years ago I put up an open source induction heater on my site.
> Everything included - schematics, board layouts, CAD files, theory of
> operation, how to wind the transformer - in short, everything I could
> think of.  There's even a kit available from Fluxeon.com.
>
> Yet I probably spend an hour a day responding to emails about that
> project.  Approximately 100% of the questions are either answered on my
> site or by a little googling.  It's getting to be enough of a burden
> that I'm considering taking the page down.
>
> I'm a dedicated supporter of Open Source but this experience has
> tempered my enthusiasm a bit.
>
>> And then there's the folks who argue with you about your implementation
>> or coding style.
>
> Or electrical design style.  I think that the people who want to argue
> design, especially "what if I did this?" type arguments are more
> tiresome than the software know-it-alls.
>
> People need to really think and do their Google homework before hitting
> the email button on a project site.
>
> John
>
>
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