On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Gene Heskett <gene.hesk...@verizon.net> wrote: > Well, frankly I just thought the efforts were going into the web pages and > didn't think too much about it till I saw what appears to be a transition > from GPL to a per seat fee schedule taking shape, with the only link to the > snapshots being the old page, which can be killed with one stroke of the > enter key. Makes me a bit nervous about the continued availability of my fav > backup utility, which I have now been using for a bit over a decade. Playing > the canary in the coal mine bit with the snapshots is my way of contributing > back and helping to make a great program even better.
First, let me be perfectly clear on a few factual issues: ** Amanda is open source software, and always will be. ** The nightly snapshots are provided as an aid to great folks like you who test the bleeding edge for the good of the project. However, the authoritative copy of the Amanda source is the SourceForge subversion repository[1], which has seen no slow-down in the commit rate. When we build Amanda for distribution to our customers, it is built from the SourceForge repository. As to the changes on amanda.org: the redesign process is nothing more than a visual/graphic design change to bring the site up to modern standards. Little, if any, text on the site will change, and absolutely no policy change is indicated. The demo was an incomplete example intended to garner feedback, that's all. It seems that the incompleteness has caused some confusion, for which I apologize. Gene, thank you for expressing your concerns. There are certainly questions that community members can and should ask about Amanda's development and about the work on amanda.org. I think we (Zmanda) generally do the right thing, but if anyone disagrees, I hope they feel welcome to challenge that assertion. Healthy discussions make healthy communities. Dustin [1] http://amanda.svn.sourceforge.net/ -- Open Source Storage Engineer http://www.zmanda.com
