Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 11:30:49 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: DANIEL hoggan <danny280279@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request to mailing list freebsd-arch rejected-gui for unix Message-ID: <20050619183049.GA1873@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F18230D58FE6F012B7E7B64B5F60@phx.gbl> References: <mailman.0.1119181238.67044.freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> <BAY104-F18230D58FE6F012B7E7B64B5F60@phx.gbl>
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On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 12:42:10PM +0000, DANIEL hoggan wrote: > > >Your request to the freebsd-arch mailing list > > > > Posting of your message titled "Hot plugging systems" > > > >has been rejected by the list moderator. The moderator gave the > >following reason for rejecting your request: > > > >"Quite aside for the tone of your post, which comes across in a way > >that is very unlikely to encourage the volunteers who write the code > >to have any desire to cooperate with you, your message came out to > >about 3.3 MB; the upper limit on messages for nearly all FreeBSD.org > >mailing lists is 200 KB. There is no need to "attach" additional > >material to your message -- merely provide a URL, and allow those who > >are sufficiently interested in what you have to say to go look. > > > >But in order for that strategy to be effective, you will need to craft > >your message appropriately; it would be ideal if you were to be able > >to show a body of code that you had either created or sponsored: it > >need nbe complete, but ot generally, there is a very strong perception > >that code speak a lot louder than words. > > > > -- postmaster@freebsd.org" > > Here is my code: > > /**************************************************************************** > This file is brought to you by the gpl and is available as part of the gge2d > graphics engine, This code is unfinished and is only partly complete, this > file is to be the complete header file for the graphical component for the > gge > if you have the time maby you coluld puruse this file and tell me of any > problems, bugs or comments you may have. > ###END### > > *****************************************************************************/ What is the point of this post? 2000+ LOC sent to mailing list without previous discussion of the code is somewhat pointless. I would suggest that you summarize what the code does and post a URL to the code. If this is kernel code and you wrote the code, why the GPL? -- steve
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