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Originally Posted by seanwitte
This is a point of view that has always annoyed me. How many different ways are there to write the code to drive straight or integrate the gyro? Why is it that nobody, except Kevin, steps up and actually DOES something about it? Instead of saying "I can't compete because you don't give me enough" why aren't more people publishing these solutions? This is a breakdown in the community, not in FIRST.
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A lot of the problem is that new teams don't know there is a community. They don't have team members who read and post to Chief Delphi (which, mind you, isn't an official forum). FIRST's website links to a few more team resources this year, but they don't make it tremendously easy for people to find all the resources that exist. If you've never heard of Kevin's code, wouldn't programming the robot be a much more daunting challenge?
Additionally, the rules against code re-use make lots of things that probably ought to be allowed technically against the rules. If these rules were enforced to the strict letter of the law, things wouldn't be nearly as smooth as they are.