[tptacek]

Raymond didn't write gpsd, did he? He took it over as the "maintainer". But as 'geofft observed awhile ago, if you actually git-log the project, you'll see that most of the substantive changes to gpsd aren't Raymond's.

Is it possible that what Raymond really has is a (waning) talent for getting his name attached to other people's work?

[dfrage]

This is merely a list of the "critical Internet services or libraries" that he claims in one way or another, and ensuring the maintenance of such software is part of the whole thesis.

To scare quote that, and denigrate it over "substantive changes" ... well, I must thank for your solid support of his thesis.

[tptacek]

I don't understand your objection. Either you do the work or you don't. There's no "critical Internet infrastructure" value in simply attaching your name to things.

[dfrage]

Here you're blatantly accusing ESR of fraud, which per you "requires an active intent to acquire something of value through misrepresentation", to wit, soliciting money for "attaching his name to things".

We have no basis for a discussion of the work you claim he's not doing.

[tptacek]

I don't know where you're going with this, you haven't given me anything to reply to here, and so I suppose I'll simply stand by what I wrote. I am certainly not accusing anyone of committing a crime.