On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Stéphane Rollandin <lecteur at zogotounga.net>
wrote:

> I think you're overstating things a bit.  The point is that unless you are
> > willing to jump in and help, or provide other means of help (i.e.
> > funding),
> > one shouldn't complain about the state of affairs.  The people doing
> > this
> > work are doing it as a free service to others and for that, we should be
> > grateful.
> >
> I don't understand some logical articulations here.
>
> how does the fact that people generously offer a free service imply that
> the quality of this service can not be evaluated ?
>
> and how does the fact that someone does not participate in an effort imply
> that this person can not criticize the way this effort is accomplished ?
>
> could you elaborate ?


I didn't mean to imply that critique wasn't desirable.  Critique is highly
valuable.  We should just be careful that such critique isn't misinterpreted
as an expectation or demand that others address what we perceive to be
shortcomings (and I'm not saying that that happened in this case).

- Stephen
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