Re: FLASH: OT: Taking Credit (was open sourcing)

[derrickito]

greg JGL


i dont think my original point came across quite correct and i got jumped on

rather quickly,


let me explain....


i read that he wanted to open source his project, then i looked at the

project.. i initially saw a sliding style navigation that was very similar

to barneys. i clicked around and that is what i saw... and with him saying

that he wanted to open source what he made, the first thing that came to my

mind was "this was already made, it seems like he is trying to take credit

for anothers style of work"


then i posted..


his sound gizmo being a small bottom selection i didnt think initially that

that was waht he wanted to open source


i guess i was wrong, im sorry for jumping to a hasty conclusion, i wrote

quickly without thinking it through


he got a little upset way early and told me "fuck you very much" or

something without even asking my reasoning.. kind of hard to have a normal

conversation after that


.... yeah your mail bothered me for a while, thats why im writing back..

i contribute tons of time to the flash community, local and internet...

online i help out all day at www.were-here.com where ever i can, i am a

participant of local Macromedia User Group Meetings, i teach flash to design

students at a local community college part time, and i regularly upload

audio loops and soundfx to flash boards, so i felt bothered when you said

youve never seen me contribute, i dont write killer tutorials up on flashkit

all the time like "GMF", flashguru, or popedeflash, but i spend TONS of time

helping out


sorry i came off so bad in your eyes, and sorry to post junk on this good

list, i was going to write this as a private mail to him, but felt better

about humbling publically.


sincerely

Derrick Clark

"derrickito"



----- Original Message -----

From: "JGL" <

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To: <

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Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 7:06 PM

Subject: RE: FLASH: OT: Taking Credit (was open sourcing)



This is good community bonding . . .


Why are you railing Gahlord for creating something and open sourcing it.

What's up man?


Comparing *any* of Virtual Roneat to barneys makes no sense! What is wrong

with you? Are you trying to make talented people like Gahlord not open

source their projects?


Horizontally scrolling content. Sorry Josh didn't invent that. It's been

around since Flash has.


Did I see Gahlord try to take credit for this? I think not! What I see is

the compasionate giving of one of his projects to the Flash community. Have

you ever done that? . . . not that I have ever seen.


Keep your unfounded criticisms to your self, please, and quit trying to ruin

people that are willing to give their work away . . . jeez!


BTW, even though I agree with Helen that airbiquity.com is a *nice site*, it

is very pedestrian.


jgl



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