Re: [g-a-devel] Do all references to the same object have the same value?

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Heh - you haven't said much.  :-)  Are you saying you can and will give 
back by way of source?  If so, that will be great and I look forward to 
your contributions.

Will

Quiring, Sam wrote:
> I didn't say I could not give back by way of source. 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Walker sun com [mailto:William Walker sun com] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:30 AM
> To: Quiring, Sam
> Cc: gnome-accessibility-devel gnome org
> Subject: Re: [g-a-devel] Do all references to the same object have the
> same value?
>
> Hmm...if you cannot give back by the way of source code, perhaps you can
> help the community by updating and improving the documentation?  That
> would be very useful.
>
> Will
>
> Quiring, Sam wrote:
> > Hi Will,
> >
> > I get your questions.  I'm not at liberty to say.
> >
> > -Sam
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: William Walker sun com [mailto:William Walker sun com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:03 AM
> > To: Quiring, Sam
> > Cc: gnome-accessibility-devel gnome org
> > Subject: Re: [g-a-devel] Do all references to the same object have the
>
> > same value?
> >
> > Hi Sam:
> >
> > > Is it the desire of open source software developers to only help open
>
> > > source usages of the software?
> > For the open source culture, my general opinion is that the 
> > accessibility community is very small with very few resources.  This 
> > leaves more room for cooperation than competition, and the culture is 
> > one of being open and sharing.  I also have a strong desire that time 
> > spent helping someone will result in positive payback to the 
> > accessibility community.  That's the culture that makes people help 
> > you for free.
> >
> > So, my question to you is more of getting to when and how your work 
> > will contribute back to the open source accessibility community so it 
> > can continue to grow and help other people like you become part of it.
> >
> > In addition, as the de facto lead for the GNOME accessibility project,
>
> > I would also benefit by knowing what you're doing to figure out how it
>
> > fits in with the overall scheme for GNOME accessibility.
> >
> > Will