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Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> >> Jenkins, Buildbot and others are existing libre options in this |
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> >> ecosystem, but aren't keeping pace with development. |
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> > Politics that somehow matter usually require compromise. |
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> > The (rhetorical) question is, what is most important? |
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> The only choices we actually have in front of us are status quo, or |
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> less-than-libre tools. |
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Right, that's where compromise starts. |
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> The status quo is becoming painful enough that people are fairly |
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> desperate to get away from it. |
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Yeah, desperate for perceived progress possibly at the cost of |
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possibly going against project politics. Liberty and security bla |
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bla, it's all old news, and "people" will always do what they have |
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always done. That's why I consider my question a rhetorical one. |
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> The status quo isn't entirely libre either. |
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Certainly true, but I don't think that's intentional, as with |
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corporations. |
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> If people want pure-FOSS tools, they need to make it happen. |
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Selfless work lives on moral support among a few other things. |
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//Peter |
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