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(...) This is just curiosity, and feel free not to answer. To clarify, you don't want people criticizing the code you put your energy into? Or, do you not want people replacing your code with 'perfectly correct' code? As for the open source (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I don't think anyone said you have to insist anything. I just think that Open Source would fit in well with the philosophy of Ldraw.org, and would provide an avenue for code to be improved without depending on one person to do it all. After (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I was speaking abstractly. (...) Yes, I agree. And it was good that you brought the topic up - I'm glad it will get developers thinking about open source. -Tim (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) That is closest. (...) I am not familiar to the exact meaning of open source, but I guess it can be a little like when you submit the dat code for a part to the PT. Suddenly you find that it has been changed or even renamed. In almost all (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I understand the feeling. For me, when I open up my work (I don't code, but I do write, papers, a book, proposals, etc) to others, I expect and welcome criticism, so long as it is framed constructively. If I were to venture a guess, you aren't (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) [SNIP] (...) even if you re-think that policy it'll happen anyway. almost a year ago some guidelines have been posted (URL) about re-submitting fixes of new parts (new parts not updated ones) but unless the PT doesn't restrict the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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