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I agree with corey on this, and he has said pretty much how I feel. I will
also say though that governing wise, I think that it should stay how it is
now. I've seen debian for example who does voting for their leaders, and
it very quickly becomes a popularity contest, which I don't think is a
good thing.
On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Corey Shields wrote:
> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:50:47 -0500
> From: Corey Shields <cshields@...>
> Reply-To: gentoo-nfp@g.o
> To: gentoo-nfp@g.o
> Subject: [Fwd: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Summary of NFP options]
>
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> -C
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Summary of NFP options
> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:05:15 -0500
> From: Corey Shields <cshields@...>
> Reply-To: gentoo-nfp@g.o
> To: gentoo-nfp@g.o
> References: <E1BDBxq-0005fN-41@g.o>
>
>
> The original purpose of the NFP organization, as I understand it, is to
> protect Gentoo from becoming a corporate entity. That is it. People were
> afraid of someone running away and making money off of their
> contributions.
> And I think that the corporate-protective NFP is what the development
> community wants. The purpose right now should not be to make money or try
> and support x number of developers financially, as (almost) everyone is
> working happily within their own capacities right now. Development should
> continue as it has been, because while there are quirks and problems, as a
> whole it works, or else we wouldn't have such a kick ass distribution.
>
> Keep the focus on protecting Gentoo from corporate ties. Let the
> developers
> continue to do their work the way they are currently doing it. I know
> there
> is a concern about lack of QA and R&D, but as Gentoo gains popularity and
> more people (and organizations) jump on board, there will be resources to
> fill those roles just as there have been resources to create ebuilds.
>
> Basically, I think that the corporate ties issue should be solved first.
> ~ The
> resource issue is new and needs to be tackled later, as the NFP has been in
> limbo too long..
>
> Cheers!
>
> -Corey
>
> On Monday 12 April 2004 07:39 pm, Daniel Robbins wrote:
> | Hi guys,
> |
> | Here is a very short summary of the NFP progress so far:
>
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