[luu]

> The biggest problem is people want the benefits of freely downloadable software but mainly aren't prepared to give anything back. Go and assist with emacs or some other project.

I don't really buy this line of argument in general, but I think Josh is a particularly poor candidate to pull rank on because they don't contribute to open source. I don't know Josh, but I recognize his name from his open source contributions.

If you don't recognize Josh's name, you can get an idea of some of what he's done from his website, which is linked in his bio: https://joshtriplett.org/

> I work on Linux, primarily on the RCU subsystem and on Sparse-related code. I maintain the rcutorture test module.

> I co-maintain the X C Binding (XCB). I developed the XML-XCB format to describe the X Window System protocol. I also work on other Xorg projects on Freedesktop.org.

> I maintained the Sparse semantic parser and static analysis tool for C for several years, before passing it on to Christopher Li.

> I maintain several packages in the Debian project.

[throwaway_pdp09]

Consider me very regretful indeed. Most people who moan seem to have nothing to contribute, well I got it very wrong this time. Apologies to @JoshTriplett if you're reading this, and Ill check out your stuff tomorrow.

Ah shit, I recognise your name too. I've just been spanked by Dan Luu. This has not been a good night.

[JoshTriplett]

I appreciate the sentiment. I would gently suggest focusing the regret on the message rather than the recipient; it wouldn't have been better if written to a novice user.

[JoshTriplett]

Heh. My website is drastically outdated (by a decade), but thank you nonetheless.