On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 12:35:36PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 12:24:01AM -0400, Duncan Findlay wrote: > > Do you think work for the Debian project should be considered > > Community Service? > > I don't think there's a universal definition of "community service". > Since your school is the one defining the term in this case, I suggest > that you ask them. Our opinions matter little here.
I agree, there really is no definition of "community service." (I've looked!) It seems everyone has their own definition. > > Of course, they don't trust me to record my own hours. > > Well, then, who do they trust? Someone from Debian might be willing > to help record your hours, but that won't help if your school doesn't > trust them either. They trust anyone that isn't me or another student at my school :-) > Basically, I think you're talking to the wrong set of people here. > You need to pitch this idea to your school, not us. Now, if you're > just asking if we think it might be worthwhile to pitch this idea to > your school, then I'd say yes. I was just hoping to guage the general mood here before I take my opinions to the school -- I don't want to be the only one who thinks that what I do is community service :-) Thanks everybody for your opinions! -- Duncan Findlay