Re: announce: nnmaildir 2001.09.11

["Jason R. Mastaler" <jason-dated-1001519271.ebfa8b@mastaler.com>]

On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Paul Jarc wrote:

> I asked how that might happen when I first started and got no
> response.  I gather that it would require copyright assignment or
> placing it in the public domain; I don't know if there are any other
> obstacles.

I'm sure someone on this list can answer that for you, but I wouldn't
imagine that it would be very hard.  If still no response, perhaps
sending a message directly to Lars would be best.

> I think perhaps the only significant benefit would be visibility,
> though, and that purpose could be served just as well by adding some
> links to the manual, the gnus.org site, etc., pointing to nnmaildir,
> nnir, and other such useful Gnus-related bits.

Not just as well IMO.  It is much easier to give a new backend like
nnmaildir a try if it is already part of Gnus, documented in the Gnus
manual, etc. rather than first having to download, install and then
byte-compile it.

In addition to more users, you'll also get the benefit of many more
eyes on your code leading to bugfixes, enhancements, etc.

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