[Inpycon] Is PyCon India "really open"?

[vijay kumar]

On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 12:14 AM, Sanyam Khurana <sanyam.khurana01 at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 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.
>

Do you approve pull request without having knowledge?

>
> > 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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Thanks,
Vijay
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