Link: Yahoo caught censoring Open Sauce

[Derek Broughton]

Vadim Peretokin wrote:

> I can't quite afford to fund that for the entire Pidgin userbase (196,235+
> for Ubuntu alone). :/
> 
> If there was some pledge fund setup, I'd gladly contribute though.

See https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bounties.

> I got sick after reading this part:" For the last time, if you are not a
> Pidgin developer or patch writer, *DO NOT WASTE OUR TIME BY COMMENTING ON
> THIS TICKET.". This says two things to me - given that Pidgin developers
> clearly don't want to implement this, since they see no need for this,
> they're also refusing to let users come up with a solution. 

It says nothing of the sort.  It says they're getting tired of reading from
everybody telling them that they're not doing their "job" by implementing a
specific feature.  Nothing is gained from further additions to the ticket
unless they actually include patches.

-- 
derek