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> 1) What engages and inspires us? |
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I think you formulated it quite right. Ability to learn and to do cool |
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things in technology, that's what links many people with free s/w in |
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general and with Gentoo in particular. I am one of those people. Talking |
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about other things which inspire me I think it is the sense of taking |
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part in something important. Now, when I can more or less see Gentoo |
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from inside, I'd it is growing from a Linux distro into a concept. Yes, |
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I think it is becoming a concept and furthermore it is coherent with the |
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ideas of open source. |
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I would to mention one more great thing about gentoo, it is it's amazing |
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community, both users and devs. I find both of them very friendly and |
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opened. Believe me, I have something to compare it with. Before I came |
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across gentoo (that was around a year ago), I was working with Mandrake |
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and was even trying to contribute something to them. There I was feeling |
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like breaking through a wall (or trying to get employed in a big |
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corporation, which is about the same thing). Their attitude to those |
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users who are not club members is topic of a different discussion. |
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However, I'll repeat myself, gentoo communities are very friendly, and I |
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find it an important part of the success. |
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> 2) How do we formulate this "excitement/spirit" into a collective vision for |
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> Gentoo? |
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Hmm, I really don't think I am able to make any comments on this, just |
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moving on to the next part. |
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> 3) How do we best implement this vision? |
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Here, I'd rather agree with what Gerry said. If it's gonna comfort many |
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people then, yes, it would be good to non-profit. Let alone the fact |
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that many people do not understand well these legal questions and what |
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different statuses mean for them as users or as developers. So I think |
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at least after the decision is made it would be nice to post some |
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clarifications on the legal status means/implies. |
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P.S. When I was talking about Mandrake I did not mean to insult anyone |
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at all. I just talked about my own experience in other community. |
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Let the Force be with us! |
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Sergey Kuleshov <svyatogor@g.o> |
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