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Google Tech Talks January 25, 2007 ABSTRACT Every open source project runs into people who are selfish, uncooperative, and disrespectful. These people can silently poison the atmosphere of a happy developer community. Come learn how to identify these people and peacefully de-fuse them before they derail your project. Told through a series of (often amusing) real-life anecdotes and experiences. Credits: Speaker:Ben Collins-Sussman, Speaker:Brian Fitzpatrick

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ya its very useful ( 7 months ago by Blavanyas2)

ya its very useful

Very interesting. ... ( 7 months ago by BarrykeNL)

Very interesting. Thanks Ben & Brian!

This is stupid, Arg ... ( 7 months ago by xiambax)

This is stupid, Arg. No really, just kidding. Made some very valid points. And was very insightful.

very interesting ( 6 months ago by slpk)

very interesting

yeah verry usefull ... ( 5 months ago by spidfire)

yeah verry usefull :) thx for posting

The audience member ... ( 4 months ago by asteron)

The audience member in the front spent 20 mins picking at his nails. Otherwise very insightful.

Fascist pigs. ... ( 3 months ago by dashtbrk)

Fascist pigs. Their aim here: polarize the populace into public *volunteers* who benefit vs. those who detract from the commercial exploitation of politically inspired volunteer labor -- and then develop techniques for marginalizing those whose politics does not align with the goal of exploiting unpaid labor. They deserver worse than "no respect".

you are a first ... ( 2 months ago by faithfuljohn)

you are a first class idiot... and you clearly are one of those poisonous people.

wtf! a bunch of ... ( 2 months ago by 5816dominik)

wtf! a bunch of bull shed! power and control seem to rule, all this analyzing is a bunch of bull. garbage.

There is nothing ... ( 2 months ago by leekieattacks)

There is nothing wrong with writing your name on the top of something you coded. In fact, not allowing someone to do that is wrong and unfair.

yeah that guy is ... ( 2 weeks ago by Argonaut22j)

yeah that guy is annoying

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