[Inpycon] Is PyCon India "really open"?

[Sanyam Khurana]

Hi,

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 11:51 PM, vijay kumar <vnbang2003 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The point is you were not involved in any discussion and you were reviewing
> things without knowing anything about it .

His review *by no means* is final review. It only helps the reviewer
with merge rights to merge the PR. And the reviewer who actually
merges the PR takes the responsibility of handling any
conflicts/changes etc. This is the case in *every*  open-source
project that I know of/ have contributed to.

I will just state the definition of Open Source from Wikipedia [0]:

"Open-source software (OSS) is computer software with its source code
made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides
the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and
for any purpose. Open-source software may be developed in a
collaborative public manner. According to scientists who studied it,
open-source software is a prominent example of open collaboration."

> Why act like you are reviewer when you were not involved ?

Open Source means potentially *anyone* in the world can tell you that
your code is wrong. They can review it. They are FREE to comment on it
about what they think is wrong or right with it. People appreciate
help in FOSS, they don't discourage it.

> Is that open source volunteering?

Well according to my experience, yes, indeed.

> Don't act like reviewer and approve pull request without knowing anything. This is not accepted in any FOSS communities.

This is accepted. If you need examples, I will be more than happy to
provide you with some.


[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software

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