[Dbix-class] IMPORTANT: A discussion of DBIC governance and future development

[Colin Newell]

On 5 October 2016 at 11:23, Leo Lapworth <leo at cuckoo.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 5 October 2016 at 10:44, Peter Rabbitson <rabbit+dbic at rabbit.us> wrote:
>> On 10/05/2016 08:50 AM, Karen Etheridge wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It is now much harder to advance either of these points.
>>>
>>> Why?
>>>
>> Because now that you causally dropped an insinuation that a part of the work
>> I put into DBIC itself was performed for material gain
>
> I can't say I considered this for a moment when reading Karen's comment.
>
> I would hope that anyone doing such great work as you did in an Open Source
> project SHOULD have the opportunity to make some money by supporting
> the companies that use it, but I only consider this now you mention
> material gain.
>
> I read Karen's comment as a validation of how important, not just to
> casual users
> but to businesses the work you have or are doing. This is a sign of a successful
> project, not an issue in my mind.
>
> Leo

Ditto.