From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2005-05-17T15:50:30+09:00
Subject: Re: freenode call for coders

Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@scriptolutions.com> wrote:
> Hello Martin,
> 
> MD> Just passing this along
> 
> Is it just me who find that this "volunteer"'s thing is going way to
> far. I mean this is a clear job offer and freenode does not seem to be
> so small that they can't afford at least a few bucks to get this thing
> done (and i don't want to discuss here why every dollar for tsunami
> victims paid to UNICEF is making the situation in south-east-asia more
> worth).

IMHO freenode has provided considerable value, for free, to the open 
source community, and time spent improving it will only benefit its 
users. Who are pretty much the people they're asking for help. I don't
see the problem here.

martin