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On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 14:12 +0000, Stuart Herbert wrote: |
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> On 11/7/06, Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I'd like to ask how many Gentoo devs get paid for contributions to Gentoo? |
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> > How many of you (paid or non-paid) think MS's threat to sue over patents is |
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> > a real danger? |
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> I think this is a non-issue until Microsoft issues a direct threat (or |
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> litigation) against a named opensource company or developer. I don't |
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> think there's any benefit in speculating on what Microsoft will (or |
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> will not) do at this time. |
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Also, all Gentoo developers are unpaid volunteers. While some might |
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have jobs that allow them to work on Gentoo on the job, the Foundation |
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pays nobody. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering Strategic Lead |
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Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams |
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Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee |
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