On Mon, 2002-02-04 at 12:09, David Herbert wrote:

> ends.  Gentoo 'appears' to have strong connections to IBM, which to me
> contradicts their .org status.  These are some of many reasons why I think
> that if gentoo want to be a .org they need to explain who they are, hence
> the need for a social contract.
> 

I think you might be confused by the existence of the gentoo.com domain
name.  Please review this entire thread

http://lists.gentoo.org/pipermail/gentoo-dev/2001-September/006795.html

There can also be found threads in the archives debating the relative
merits and requirements of various licenses.

Unless drobbins feels the need to clarify his position to you, I'm
afraid the information provided to you will have to suffice.  If this is
not sufficient, I have formed the impression (rightly or wrongly) that
you would probably be more comfortable using and contributing to Debian.

Best of Luck,

tod