From 1359f6271e2d29f5aca7fc1f229e0ceb05ade27e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Crack Duck Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 22:34:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] update CONTRIBUTING with bias notice Submitting your own software is only cool if you have a huge healthy ecosystem. If you have 20 stars on github and you are the sole developer, that's not awesome. Consider what happens when you die (see also: truck factor) and lots of people depend on your software? --- .github/CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md index f9360d5..b62c947 100644 --- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ This is a compilation of **Free and Libre Open Source Software ([FLOSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software))**. Restrictive licenses (aka Freeware, Shareware) are *not awesome*. Please adhere to the following guidelines or your Pull Request will be closed. +**Submitting your own software is not awesome**, unless you have a healthy ecosystem with a few contributors which aren't your sock puppet accounts. + ## Commits * Search previous suggestions before making a new one.