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On 4/30/19 7:17 PM, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 4:34 PM Dirkjan Ochtman <djc@g.o> wrote: |
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>> In this article on chat services used for OSS: |
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>> https://catfox.life/2019/04/28/keeping-libre-software-accessible-to-all/ |
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>> I was surprised to see a mention of Gentoo as a project that uses "Discord |
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>> as an official method of communication". When I searched, I indeed found |
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>> https://discordapp.com/invite/gentoo. However, I'd never before heard we |
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>> were using Discord (and didn't find any mentions of Discord on the -dev or |
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>> -project mailing lists). |
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>> Is this indeed an official venue? It's not listed on |
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>> https://gentoo.org/support/ (which does mention IRC). |
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> I'm trying to understand why it matters. Lets assume we decide it is, or is |
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> not. What would you expect the project to do differently? |
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> I feel like the whole thread is trying to debate something that doesn't |
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> really matter, so I'm trying to grasp why we are having this conversation. |
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> -A |
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It matters if things are perceived as official Gentoo and causing a |
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negative reputation as in the article in this thread. One some level |
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that actually goes to trademark infringement that should be of interest |
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to the foundation, but the issue is broader than that. |
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