Michael Harpe wrote:
What I have always been curious about is this: how many of you actually take advantage of the open source? In other words, how many of you really take the source code and do something with it?
I wouldn't say I do this often, but I do look at source when there is a
problem. And when I am trying to get something working that is broken
or unsupported. For instance, FLAC is unsupported by the version of
libsndfile in Fedora 7 because the FLAC api changed after it was
written. I wrote a patch that fixes this so that I could have FLAC
support in another program. And if I need a certain functionality in a
program and I know it is in an open source program, I take the code and
use it as a starting point in my own program.
Personally I don't. I can program in C, i'm pretty good at it. I've just never felt the need to alter the software I use. I'm fine with waiting for the new versions as they come out.
For many things, this is true of me as well. The core items usually
work well, and I have no need of duplicating the functionality.
I'm really not trying to start a fight. I am just curious. I love free software. I think the free software movement has enabled a lot of people who could not afford to operate a computer to do so. Having Linux source code available has trained a generation of system programmers. There's no disputing the value of free, open source software.
Anyway, that's my question. Feel free to respond to me directly.
Mike Harpe
Sellersburg, IN USA
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