Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Branden Robinson / Debian Project Leader ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 09:57:20AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > > Why not treat DUS and DCC similarly? Both are developer business > > > initiatives presenting themselves as done deals using Debian's name, and > > > DCC is a lot less secretive, as far as I can tell. > > My initial answer to this, at least, is that I thought DUS was a > not-for-profit organization. DCC is certainly made up of quite a few > for-profit companies [...]
I believe that some of DUS's members are for-profit "sole trader" businesses or controllers of for-profit commercial businesses who are helped by promotion of debian. DCC's members are for-profit commercial businesses who are helped by promotion of debian. The main difference is that legal persons are members of DCC directly while DUS involvement is via natural persons. That's a good thing but is rather minor for commerce. > My guess is that this is the whole 'commercial' thing. They sell > things, therefore they must be bad. Not a sentiment I agree with but I > believe that's part of the concern being raised by some here. Not by me. I don't consider commerce evil. My business aims to follow cooperative principles (a sort of "social contract" for enterprises, if you like - see http://www.ica.coop/coop/principles.html ) and I believe it's my choice what businesses I am part of. I dislike attempts to make me a member of an uncooperative business: Debian UK Society. Some disputed whether it's a business, hence long explanations about commerce, but I think it's as near as makes no odds. -- MJ Ray (slef), K. Lynn, England, email see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]