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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:261466 Archived-At: > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 10:51 AM > From: "Richard Stallman" > To: "Christopher Dimech" > Cc: abrochard@gmx=2Ecom, bugs@gnu=2Esupport, emacs-devel@gnu=2Eorg > Subject: Re: Emacs Survey: Toolbars > > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example=2E ]]] >=20 > > We could also motivate by offering small payments for solutions to > > unresolved problems=2E >=20 > Yes, we could do that=2E It could be a useful practice=2E > And we would need to make a plan: a list of projects > (not very many of them, I'd think) that are of a reasonable size > and amounts to offer=2E >=20 > Do you think people could be motivated by amounts under hundreds > of dollars? I tend to doubt it=2E I was thinking to say, =E2=80=98Here=E2=80=99s a nice problem, we thought = about it for a while, and we=20 don=E2=80=99t see how to solve it=2E Maybe it=E2=80=99s a $25 problem or = possibly a $100 problem=2E Or offer things like membership, discounts, entry to LibrePlanet, or have = certain conditions for eligibility for specific internships=2E I do not know how willing maintainers would be on offering a few weeks internships locally=2E The project community could contribute a few dolla= rs to have something comparable to Google Summer of Code for specific tasks= =2E=20 =20 To really move forward we got to focus on young people with plenty of enthusiasm and eager to prove themselves=2E Have had discussions with many people in the last few years, and figured out how difficult it is to work with older people who are most often set in their ways or routine=2E=20 =20 > > Most people I know don't know what to do or what problems are out th= ere=2E >=20 > Is this because we have not posted it in a clear enough way > or because we have not made people aware of what we do post? Mostly because many need guide and experience to really have their=20 own ideas for implementation=2E Short manuals describing topical overview areas with plenty of complementary material on areas that require profound understanding=2E =20 > --=20 > Dr Richard Stallman > Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu=2Eorg) > Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf=2Eorg) > Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame=2Eorg)