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So, I'm not going to go point by point as this is getting out of hand. |
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First, I'm inclined to trust the current trustees until I see evidence |
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that we shouldn't. Certainly if elected I would ask to see evidence |
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that filings have been made, and I'm sure that in this capacity |
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everybody would be cooperative. |
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Second, my points in general were that we need to focus on moving |
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forward and not in correcting mistakes ages ago that might not be |
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correctable. |
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I wasn't trying to suggest that we can afford to not follow the law. |
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I'm just saying that we need to have our current ducks in a row before |
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we try to fix the past. From the sound of things this may already be |
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in order, and so we can look into the past at our leisure. |
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My example of what can go wrong with community-driven projects wasn't |
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intended to suggest that we shouldn't accept money, or that these |
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problems are going to happen. My point was that we aren't Canonical, |
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and that what works for Canonical might not work for Gentoo. |
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I certainly support expanding the foundation, and its financial |
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impact. I'm even fine with paying for more consistent professional |
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help with the books if it makes sense. I'm not sure that funding a |
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bunch of devs makes sense right now, though perhaps it could in the |
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future. I'd rather see money spent on hardware, infrastructure, or |
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perhaps on expenses if they're judicious and don't create a lot of |
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resentment if some benefit more than others. A Gentoo conference is |
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nice in theory - although people who aren't near clusters of devs |
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might feel left out (how likely is a dev in Zimbabwe to get to attend |
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a local conference ever?). |
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Bottom line is that spending money can create problems in a community, |
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and we need to think about that. This isn't a reason to never spend |
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money - it is a reason to keep this in mind. |
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Rich |