Re: Future with Ada

[Eric Merritt <cyberlync@yahoo.com>]

--- Marin David Condic
<dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]>,
MISSING_MAILBOX_TERMINATOR@.SYNTAX-ERROR. wrote:
> I agree - there is absolutely nothing wrong with
> asking someone if they want
> to volunteer some time to work on a project. Anyone
> volunteering their time
> to some effort is absolutely free to do so.
> 
> Who would expect someone to work full time on a
> project - or commit to some
> fraction of their time to a project, without
> remuneration? At least in terms
> of having some *right* to their labor? You, of
> course, could volunteer to
> come mow my lawn every Saturday, but I wouldn't have
> any *right* to expect
> you to show up and do it. Certainly not in any sort
> of legal or moral sense.
> That would sound a little like slavery to me.

I absolutely agree. Even when I have been asked if I
could provide an estimation of the time I could spend
on an open source project (for estimation purposes) I
set the amount of time and the subject was never
brought up in any case.



> 
> Donating your time to some project is a matter of
> your own desires and
> interests, but I'd imagine that short of your
> becoming independently wealthy
> that you wouldn't quit your day job to do it.
> Certainly nobody should expect
> that it is their "right" or your "duty" to work on
> the project free of
> compensation.

Good lord no, if that becomes the case that person
should be removed as project lead or you should leave
the project yourself. That would just be an untenable
situation altogether. It comes down to the fact the if
you want to volunteer that is great, but if not that's
fine too.


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