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On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Thursday 11 March 2010 00:10:00 Jeroen Roovers wrote: |
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>> On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:42:43 +0000 (UTC) Duncan wrote: |
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>> > So a gmail account is now considered mandatory for Gentoo devs, at |
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>> > least if they want calendar access? |
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>> > What about those who might think that Google knows enough about them |
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>> > with search and the web crawling and database correlation Google |
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>> > does, and whatever ad serving might leak thru, and object to having a |
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>> > gmail account on principle? |
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>> That's OK. I'm a Gentoo dev and I won't be "subscribing". Fair enough? |
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> you dont need an account to "subscribe" (read/track updates). anyone can do |
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> that anonymously. |
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> -mike |
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I think Duncan's point is that in the Social Contract it talks about |
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how Gentoo should only rely on open source software. The question is |
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does this apply to our 'product' or does it apply to everything. |
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Certainly users can continue to use Gentoo without using this calendar |
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at all; however if it becomes some kind of integral part of Gentoo |
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(which I doubt it will) we will have to look at switching to something |
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else (which is easy given the many export formats of Google Calendar |
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:)) |
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I am all about trying out new things and working out the details after |
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the fact;so +1 to the calendar as well. |
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-A |
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