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It's not really something you can observe well from the outside, but in working with Richard on many things, I was surprised early on how much respect he gives
by mikegerwitz 9y ago
It's not really something you can observe well from the outside, but in working with Richard on many things, I was surprised early on how much respect he gives to those he trusts, and how appreciative he is of help.
So "servants" is far from how he views volunteers. And after working closely with him for a few years within GNU, I don't feel at all like a servant---there is mutual respect, and we're not afraid to state our opinions or disagree with one-another. Much of the time he makes me feel like I work beside him, not below him. It's quite constructive.
And this is typical with others as well.
- na85 9y agoThis seems incompatible with what I read recently in an emacs discussion on HN, wherein they were unable to merge a popular package into emacs without Stallman's rubber stamp despite him being essentially uninvolved since 2008.
- mikegerwitz 9y agoAre you referring to Magit? All code that is part of Emacs requires copyright assignment to the FSF; it's that simple. If Jonas Bernoulli can make that happen, then the issue is resolved. Jonas' original response: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-07/msg00516.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-07/msg00...