From: Kurt H Maier <khm-9@intma.in>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] 9n
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:40:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130617184019.GB54367@intma.in> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130617182056.GA1261@polynum.com>
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 08:20:56PM +0200, tlaronde@polynum.com wrote:
>
> There is code that is neither secret nor published. Code that does "the"
> or "some" job for the writer but that the writer does not want to
> maintain (for a public audience).
There is no Hague Convention specification that you must maintain code
just because you let other people see it. Don Knuth springs to mind as
someone who is capable of releasing software and not regarding this as
some kind of Hemingwayan Albatross.
It is annoying to have to replicate work someone else has done merely
because they lack the spine to release it.
khm
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-17 18:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-06 17:40 Francisco J Ballesteros
2013-06-06 17:49 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2013-06-17 16:29 ` Jiten Pathy
2013-06-17 16:37 ` Nemo
2013-06-17 16:41 ` erik quanstrom
2013-06-17 16:47 ` Nemo
2013-06-17 16:53 ` Kurt H Maier
2013-06-17 16:54 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2013-06-17 18:01 ` erik quanstrom
2013-06-17 18:08 ` balaji
2013-06-17 19:48 ` erik quanstrom
2013-06-17 18:20 ` tlaronde
2013-06-17 18:40 ` Kurt H Maier [this message]
2013-06-17 19:06 ` Nemo
2018-05-02 17:14 ` Giacomo Tesio
2018-05-02 17:24 ` Fran. J Ballesteros
2018-05-02 21:25 ` Giacomo Tesio
2013-06-17 19:15 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-06-17 19:33 ` sl
2013-06-17 19:47 ` Kurt H Maier
2013-06-17 18:23 ` Jiten Pathy
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