Pending details on how it will work, I can't think of any objections. I do agree with Charles' suggestion and believe it should be implemented.
/j Charles E Roth <[email protected]> wrote: >I think the REVENUE SHARING idea is fine if: > >1) We make clear to DDG they have to continue to meet our privacy & >freedom goals > >2) We disclose on the Wiki the arrangement. > >CER > > > > >On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 05:39:22PM -0700, Andr�� Silva wrote: >> Hi parabolers, I received a email from duckduckgo by Prakash >Swaminathan >> because they want to know if it could be included on our browsers. I >> answered that we have included duckduckgo as main search engine on >our >> browsers. So, they proposed 2 things for us. I would to put those >mails to >> parabola mail list to that we decide in community. >> >> Here are the following messages: >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> >> Subject: DuckDuckGo as a search option in Parabola >> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:18:18 +0530 >> From: Prakash Swaminathan <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> CC: [email protected] >> >> Andr�, >> >> At DuckDuckGo, we believe that�privacy�and better search are not >mutually >> exclusive. >> >> We are available in Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Debian, Opera and can offer >your >> users a compelling alternative search option. >> >> What is the process to add DuckDuckGo to Parabola? >> >> Kind regards, >> Prakash >> -- >> >> Prakash Swaminathan, �https://duckduckgo.com/ >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> >> Subject: Re: DuckDuckGo as a search option in Parabola >> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:19:31 -0200 >> From: Andr� Silva <[email protected]> >> To: Prakash Swaminathan <[email protected]> >> >> Prakash, >> >> At Parabola, DuckDuckGo is our main search engine, eg: duckduckgo was >> included in about:home and search bar in iceweasel-libre and icecat. >Others >> browsers as Konqueror-libre contains DuckDuckGo as search engine >option on >> our distro [0]. >> Other search engines as Google, Yahoo and Bing were removed in our >distro, >> due that they doesn't respect our privacy. >> We put those modifications in a patch [1] [2] and was created a >package >> called mozilla-searchplugins, that includes DuckDuckGo in our plugins >list >> for Mozilla based browsers [3]. >> We believe and advocate the freedom and privacy in the computing and >in this >> case DuckDuckGo, Seeks and YaCy are the best search engines for our >distro. >> >> Regards, >> Andr� Fabian Silva Delgado >> >> [0] >> >https://projects.parabolagnulinux.org/abslibre.git/tree/libre/kdebase-runtime-libre/duckduckgo_lite.desktop >> [1] >> >https://projects.parabolagnulinux.org/abslibre.git/tree/libre/iceweasel-libre/libre.patch >> [2] >> >https://projects.parabolagnulinux.org/abslibre.git/tree/libre/icecat/libre.patch >> [3] >> >https://projects.parabolagnulinux.org/abslibre.git/tree/libre/mozilla-searchplugins/duck-duck-go-lite.xml >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> >> Subject: Re: DuckDuckGo as a search option in Parabola >> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:36:47 +0530 >> From: Prakash Swaminathan <[email protected]> >> To: Andr� Silva <[email protected]> >> CC: [email protected] >> >> Andr�, >> >> Thanks! �Delighted to hear that we are the default search engine in >> Parabola. >> >> We offer revenue-share in two ways: >> >> - If DuckDuckGo is the default search engine we split revenue 50-50% >> >> - If DuckDuckGo is an option among other search engines, we would >split 25%� >> >> Would this be of interest to you? >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Prakash >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> >> Subject: Re: DuckDuckGo as a search option in Parabola >> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:22:05 -0200 >> From: Andr� Silva <[email protected]> >> To: Prakash Swaminathan <[email protected]> >> >> Prakash, >> >> I'm very grateful by the offer that you are sending for Parabola by >my >> intermediation, but our distro was created by a small community of >> hackers, and i think that the best way is send your offer to our >mail. I >> give to you the following email to that you can communicate to us: >> >> [email protected] >> >> Waiting your response soon, kind regards: >> Andr� Fabian Silva Delgado >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ >> Dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.parabolagnulinux.org/mailman/listinfo/dev -- Jim Morgan EMAIL/XMPP/STATUSNET: [email protected] GPG PUB KEY: 44520AC6 HOME: https://www.jimmorgan.us BLOG: https:/blog.jimmorgan.us _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.parabolagnulinux.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
