[ Continuing publicly a discussion started in -private, with the agreement
of Pierre ]
The discussion concerns the use of money as a resource within Debian.
Dunc-Tank's principle is to use the money to pay for real work and not
only for travel expenses and reimbursments. This principle is too new
Le dim 8 octobre 2006 12:34, Raphael Hertzog a écrit :
In the worst scenario, the sponsor will be disappointed and will not
give money any more. But if the rules are clear from the beginning,
it's only fair.
it's not true. If the sponsoree well-beeing (because he tries to live
from that)
On Sun, 08 Oct 2006, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
Le dim 8 octobre 2006 12:34, Raphael Hertzog a écrit :
In the worst scenario, the sponsor will be disappointed and will not
give money any more. But if the rules are clear from the beginning,
it's only fair.
it's not true. If the sponsoree
Le dim 8 octobre 2006 14:18, Raphael Hertzog a écrit :
And if the comments associated to the project proposal indicate that
there's some controversy in the idea behind the project, then the
donor would be aware that there's a risk that the stuff doesn't get
integrated into Debian proper.
This one time, at band camp, Pierre Habouzit said:
Le dim 8 octobre 2006 14:18, Raphael Hertzog a écrit :
And if the comments associated to the project proposal indicate that
there's some controversy in the idea behind the project, then the
donor would be aware that there's a risk that the
Le dim 8 octobre 2006 15:36, Stephen Gran a écrit :
This one time, at band camp, Pierre Habouzit said:
Le dim 8 octobre 2006 14:18, Raphael Hertzog a écrit :
And if the comments associated to the project proposal indicate
that there's some controversy in the idea behind the project,
Let me cite Mr. Reiser
( http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8278035161.html ):
The legal costs, and the low rewards from open-source programming, had
also been upsetting Mr. Reiser. In a 2005 email conversation, he wrote,
'Free software is not a good way to make money. We as a society
[mostly reposting what I sent to debian-private]
On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 12:34:01PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
I also explained that Dunc-Tank's initial experiment of funding release
manager is not a long term model for us. And as a board member, I said
that I don't intend to fund other
On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 12:34:01PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
The set of projects that can be funded are projects proposed by Debian
developers. I expect Debian developers to propose only projects that are
improving Debian.
If some of those projects also serve the private interest of
On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 11:54:46PM +, Bill Allombert wrote:
This means that someone with a lot of money will be able to decide which
projects will be completed just be funding them. Other projects will not
be completed because people will lack time and incentive even if these
projects
Bill Allombert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This means that someone with a lot of money will be able to decide which
projects will be completed just be funding them. Other projects will not
be completed because people will lack time and incentive even if these
projects would improve Debian more.
Mohammed Adnène Trojette adn
*blink* :)
Norbert Preining preining
Ooooh :) welcome.
Hidetaka Iwai tyuyu
I'm a student of the medical department of Hokkaido university. There
are three things I want to do for Debian.
heh, of course, you've already graduated and became a doctor in the
On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 11:54:46PM +, Bill Allombert wrote:
This means that someone with a lot of money will be able to decide which
projects will be completed just be funding them. Other projects will not
be completed because people will lack time and incentive even if these
projects
On Sunday 08 October 2006 19:56, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 11:54:46PM +, Bill Allombert wrote:
This means that someone with a lot of money will be able to decide which
projects will be completed just be funding them. Other projects will not
be completed because
On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 08:45:22PM -0700, Mike Bird wrote:
On Sunday 08 October 2006 19:56, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
In my opinion, this is exactly the same as:
This means that someone with a lot of time will be able to decide which
projects will be completed just by doing them. Other
sure. Then her shoulder, her summer with luck surely we don't you need to
these complaints,
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