Volunteers aren't farm animals. They cannot be poached. They are donors just like any other, who supply effort rather than money. Donors of effort certainly are not resources belonging to financial donors, and it is certainly not theft when a volunteer chooses to spend effort on one project rather than another.
But that's not even the most amazing thing. That would be that you're seriously criticizing that I used the email address from the domain where I have my personal blog, just because somewhere on there is a link to a different project than this one. What does one have to do to avoid your ridiculous accusations of promotion -- use an anonymous remailer?
-------- Original Message -------- Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 14:34:20 -0500 From: Jeffrey Peters 17peters@cardinalmail.cua.edu To: Mailing list for Wikiversity wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikiversity-l] Are "solved problems" suitable for Wikiversity?
It is not about license. It is about volunteers. If you poach from Wikiversity, you should be banned. It is that simple. Our donors spend money on resources like this list. You are stealing our donors resources. That is theft.
"Volunteers aren't farm animals. They cannot be poached."
Are you trying to start a fight? Seriously, what do you intend with something like that which serves nothing but to inflame a situation with no real justification behind it.
Poaching has been a long used term by recruiters and employers. We do not need our boards trolled by people who only intend to take people away from contributing and take them to their own projects.
You, yourself, have such a project. You, yourself, makes money off of promoting yourself as is evident in the website you promote with each email and the material you try to sell.
That is a major Conflict of Interest and I hope people realize just how bad that is.
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Steve Foerster steve@hiresteve.com wrote:
Volunteers aren't farm animals. They cannot be poached. They are donors just like any other, who supply effort rather than money. Donors of effort certainly are not resources belonging to financial donors, and it is certainly not theft when a volunteer chooses to spend effort on one project rather than another.
But that's not even the most amazing thing. That would be that you're seriously criticizing that I used the email address from the domain where I have my personal blog, just because somewhere on there is a link to a different project than this one. What does one have to do to avoid your ridiculous accusations of promotion -- use an anonymous remailer?
-------- Original Message -------- Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 14:34:20 -0500 From: Jeffrey Peters 17peters@cardinalmail.cua.edu To: Mailing list for Wikiversity wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikiversity-l] Are "solved problems" suitable for Wikiversity?
It is not about license. It is about volunteers. If you poach from Wikiversity, you should be banned. It is that simple. Our donors spend money on resources like this list. You are stealing our donors resources. That is theft.
Wikiversity-l mailing list Wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l
I'm out of this thread. I hope the others do same?
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Jeffrey Peters < 17peters@cardinalmail.cua.edu> wrote:
"Volunteers aren't farm animals. They cannot be poached."
Are you trying to start a fight? Seriously, what do you intend with something like that which serves nothing but to inflame a situation with no real justification behind it.
Poaching has been a long used term by recruiters and employers. We do not need our boards trolled by people who only intend to take people away from contributing and take them to their own projects.
You, yourself, have such a project. You, yourself, makes money off of promoting yourself as is evident in the website you promote with each email and the material you try to sell.
That is a major Conflict of Interest and I hope people realize just how bad that is.
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Steve Foerster steve@hiresteve.comwrote:
Volunteers aren't farm animals. They cannot be poached. They are donors just like any other, who supply effort rather than money. Donors of effort certainly are not resources belonging to financial donors, and it is certainly not theft when a volunteer chooses to spend effort on one project rather than another.
But that's not even the most amazing thing. That would be that you're seriously criticizing that I used the email address from the domain where I have my personal blog, just because somewhere on there is a link to a different project than this one. What does one have to do to avoid your ridiculous accusations of promotion -- use an anonymous remailer?
-------- Original Message -------- Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 14:34:20 -0500 From: Jeffrey Peters 17peters@cardinalmail.cua.edu To: Mailing list for Wikiversity wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikiversity-l] Are "solved problems" suitable for Wikiversity?
It is not about license. It is about volunteers. If you poach from Wikiversity, you should be banned. It is that simple. Our donors spend money on resources like this list. You are stealing our donors resources. That is theft.
Wikiversity-l mailing list Wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l
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Nice to see you posting here Steve. Interesting to watch the various responses and where it lead. More interesting to see so many people active here! I thought this list was all but dead. On 23/12/2013 8:03 AM, "Nkansah Rexford" nkansahrexford@gmail.com wrote:
I'm out of this thread. I hope the others do same?
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Jeffrey Peters < 17peters@cardinalmail.cua.edu> wrote:
"Volunteers aren't farm animals. They cannot be poached."
Are you trying to start a fight? Seriously, what do you intend with something like that which serves nothing but to inflame a situation with no real justification behind it.
Poaching has been a long used term by recruiters and employers. We do not need our boards trolled by people who only intend to take people away from contributing and take them to their own projects.
You, yourself, have such a project. You, yourself, makes money off of promoting yourself as is evident in the website you promote with each email and the material you try to sell.
That is a major Conflict of Interest and I hope people realize just how bad that is.
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Steve Foerster steve@hiresteve.comwrote:
Volunteers aren't farm animals. They cannot be poached. They are donors just like any other, who supply effort rather than money. Donors of effort certainly are not resources belonging to financial donors, and it is certainly not theft when a volunteer chooses to spend effort on one project rather than another.
But that's not even the most amazing thing. That would be that you're seriously criticizing that I used the email address from the domain where I have my personal blog, just because somewhere on there is a link to a different project than this one. What does one have to do to avoid your ridiculous accusations of promotion -- use an anonymous remailer?
-------- Original Message -------- Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 14:34:20 -0500 From: Jeffrey Peters 17peters@cardinalmail.cua.edu To: Mailing list for Wikiversity wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikiversity-l] Are "solved problems" suitable for Wikiversity?
It is not about license. It is about volunteers. If you poach from Wikiversity, you should be banned. It is that simple. Our donors spend money on resources like this list. You are stealing our donors resources. That is theft.
Wikiversity-l mailing list Wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l
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