Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > Which of the following do you think is most likely to happen? > > * That Gentoo relicences everything under a proprietary licence
GPL-3 you mean? > * That Gentoo colludes with Lucifer Cough... > * That Gentoo comes under pressure from a sponsor with an agenda > > Remember that several archs rely upon hardware donations from sponsors. > What would happen if some of those sponsors said "we'll stop giving you > the kit you need unless you agree not to support $chinese_cloned_cpu"? That either the former sponsor won't support you because you aren't supporting him and the $chinese_cloned_cpu manufacturer will sponsor you or you get something back from this sponsor so you can make up for the missed opportunity with the other vendor. It's pretty much that. Whoever provides the toys for us to play could ask something back, if one of the 2 parties isn't happy you can find others to play with... Obviously you may have other reasons to help one of the two parties. That proposal about the social contract won't change that. lu -- Luca Barbato Gentoo/linux Gentoo/PPC http://dev.gentoo.org/~lu_zero -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
