Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux Floss Drivers
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Re: Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux Floss Drivers
#2> Well, because it's true: many of the repositories are named after "Wacom". It's a historical legacy on GNU/Linux. It's also a decade-long debate that these repos should be renamed differently.
If the project being named after Wacom is actively causing other companies to not contribute because they believe it’s a Wacom lead project and they’d be helping a competitor, I don’t understand why this is even a debate vs. just changing the name to something vendor neutral.
Re: Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux Floss Drivers
#3> Well, because it's true: many of the repositories are named after "Wacom". It's a historical legacy on GNU/Linux. It's also a decade-long debate that these repos should be renamed differently. If the project being named after Wacom is actively causing other companies to not contribute because they believe it’s a Wacom lead project and they’d be helping a competitor, I don’t understand why this is even a debate vs.…
Yes. It feels like the article was leading towards a reason for not doing that, but then suddenly it just ends.
Re: Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux Floss Drivers
#4> Well, because it's true: many of the repositories are named after "Wacom". It's a historical legacy on GNU/Linux. It's also a decade-long debate that these repos should be renamed differently. If the project being named after Wacom is actively causing other companies to not contribute because they believe it’s a Wacom lead project and they’d be helping a competitor, I don’t understand why this is even a debate vs.…
And it's been a decade long argument? Sounds like someone is just emotionally attached to something not changing. Those are the hardest problems to solve.
Re: Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux Floss Drivers
#5> Well, because it's true: many of the repositories are named after "Wacom". It's a historical legacy on GNU/Linux. It's also a decade-long debate that these repos should be renamed differently. If the project being named after Wacom is actively causing other companies to not contribute because they believe it’s a Wacom lead project and they’d be helping a competitor, I don’t understand why this is even a debate vs.…
And it's been a decade long argument? Sounds like someone is just emotionally attached to something not changing. Those are the hardest problems to solve.
Name changes are controversial. Nothing gets nerds going more than changing a project name so companies work better with OSS.
Re: Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux Floss Drivers
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
And it's been a decade long argument? Sounds like someone is just emotionally attached to something not changing. Those are the hardest problems to solve.
Name changes are controversial. Nothing gets nerds going more than changing a project name so companies work better with OSS.
main vs master
Re: Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux Floss Drivers
#7fork and rename the https://github.com/linuxwacom/wacom-hid-descriptors project, strip all wacom references. then share w/ the other tablet brands. problem solved.
Re: Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux Floss Drivers
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
And it's been a decade long argument? Sounds like someone is just emotionally attached to something not changing. Those are the hardest problems to solve.
Name changes are controversial. Nothing gets nerds going more than changing a project name so companies work better with OSS.
Yet name changes happen easily when legally forced. Wireshark, MariaDB, and LibreOffice.