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From: Wes Kussmaul <wes@authentrus.com>
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Date: Tue,  8 Jan 2013 11:22:15 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] these are release of 9front?
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On Tue, 2013-01-08 at 07:48 -0600, sl@9front.org wrote:
> > There are plenty of things in Plan 9 still in need of improvement
> > or even rewriting.  That's why it makes me sad to see our small
> > community being made even smaller when some of the most skilled
> > programmers direct their efforts into splintering off their own
> > little playgrounds instead of helping to make Plan 9 better for
> > everyone.
>
> So far as I know the only projects not sharing all their source
> code are semi-official ones.

The big leaps happen when someone with a different set of assumptions
from those of the creators of a thing see it fulfilling a different
function. Forking is messy, as are inflection points.