IRC log for #sourcefu, 2016-10-11

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Time	S	Nick	Message
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19:07		pdurbin	"Essentially, my position is what you call a patronage. It's a very old-fashioned idea which goes back to the time when there was an aristocracy and they would support artists and musicians. They would have a patron, Tim O'Reilly is my patron. He pays me to create things to, kind of be in charge of the Perl culture." http://lwn.net/2001/features/LarryWall/
19:08		pdurbin	this idea that Larry Wall was paid to work on Perl was mentioned at https://changelog.com/rfc-6/
19:09		pdurbin	around 46:30
19:09		pdurbin	sivoais: maybe you should give it a listen
19:38		pdurbin	hearing about https://18f.gsa.gov and https://www.usds.gov
19:41		pdurbin	and http://substance.io/consortium/
19:49		dotplus	pdurbin: last I heard, Larry was still paid to work on Perl.
19:50		dotplus	and if there's anyone worthy of an old-fashioned patronage, it's Larry. Totally brilliant, modest, gentle. Great chap
20:34		pdurbin	dotplus: yes, great chap. I couldn't agree more.

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