[python-committers] Hacktoberfest

[Stefan Krah]

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 09:21:04AM -0700, Mariatta Wijaya wrote:
> October is hacktoberfest (https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/)
> In the month of October, people can sign up and contribute to open source
> projects on GitHub. If they make 4 PRs during Hacktoberfest, they'll earn a
> limited edition T-Shirt.

This may sound grumpy to some, but I'm against gamification of open source
and also against giving GitHub a special role.

Any open source activity is somehow credited to or associated with some
commercial entity.  What has changed in the last 7-10 years?


Stefan Krah