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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] FORK: The Time Is Now
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:25:58
Message-Id: 200306252125.56863.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] FORK: The Time Is Now by Matt Thrailkill
1 read the URL's he pasted before asking this
2 -mike
3
4 On Wednesday 25 June 2003 21:15, Matt Thrailkill wrote:
5 > Why do all these spinoff companies keep getting made to work on what is
6 > supposed to be a meta-distribution? Why can't it all be kept unified
7 > under one umbrella?
8 >
9 > Why did you have to fork and found a company to target embedded and
10 > enterprise users and developers?
11 >
12 > On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:08:55 -0700
13 >
14 > Zach Welch <zwelch@g.o> wrote:
15 > > Fellow Gentooers,
16 > >
17 > > I am proud to announce that The Zynot Foundation was registered today
18 > > as a 501.c.3 member controlled, non-profit organization in the state
19 > > of Oregon. This new entity is being established to hold a fork of the
20 > > Gentoo Linux distribution, targeting embedded and enterprise users and
21 > > developers. We will be establishing a new development culture
22 > > suitable for creating a reliable, validated, and production-ready
23 > > distribution - initially using the Gentoo technology we all have come
24 > > to know and love.
25 > >
26 > > While I am currently leading this effort, I have already attracted a
27 > > number of others willing to help me guide this project through its
28 > > initial growing pains. In the next couple of months, I expect this
29 > > project to evolve as truly community run organization, and we will be
30 > > drafting the foundation's bylaws out in the open, accepting input from
31 > > the community thoughout the entire process.
32 > >
33 > > I humbly submit that every present or future Gentoo user, developer,
34 > > client, or investor should read my paper at the following URL. In
35 > > great detail, it describes the events that drove me to this current
36 > > state of affairs, the reasoning behind the fork (along with a section
37 > > covering the most current events), along with a brief glimpse at the
38 > > choices this fork will be offering the community that grows around it:
39 > >
40 > > http://www.zynot.org/info/fork.html
41 > >
42 > > and the following links has some initial questions answered about the
43 > > future and other ideas:
44 > >
45 > > http://www.zynot.org/info/faq.html
46 > >
47 > > We are working to establish parallel infrastructure at Oregon State
48 > > University; however, my resources have been heavily invested in the
49 > > Gentoo project, both material and finacially, and many of the details
50 > > of those investments are documented in the above paper. My attornys
51 > > have sent a letter to Mr. Robbins requesting these investments be
52 > > returned.
53 > >
54 > > For those that would speculate about the timing of this announcement,
55 > > my paper presents facts that suggest the recent re-organization post
56 > > by Daniel Robbins was a pre-emptive and unsuccessful attempt to
57 > > short-circuit this fork. Consider that fact along with the remaining
58 > > evidence presented in my paper as you read the inevitable damage and
59 > > spin control that follows this post.
60 > >
61 > > I would like to invite Daniel Robbins to meet me at LinuxWorld
62 > > Expo, 2003, for a head-to-head public debate about the issues
63 > > surrounding this fork. The Zynot Foundation has registered booth #5
64 > > in the .org pavillion, and we are looking forward to talking with
65 > > everyone then and there. In the meantime, come join us on IRC in
66 > > #zynot
67 > > or #zynot-dev on irc.freenode.net where there is sure to be lively
68 > > discussion.
69 > >
70 > > Finally, I would like to thank all of the users and developers that
71 > > have made Gentoo a wonderful technology, and I look forward to being
72 > > able to give something substantial back to the community with this new
73 > > distribution. Thank you for the memories.
74 > >
75 > > Sincerely,
76 > >
77 > > Zachary T Welch
78 > > Managing Member
79 > > Superlucidity Services
80 > > zwelch@×××××××××××××.net
81 > >
82 > >
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