Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: GLEP 19 -- Gentoo Stable Portage Tree

[Stroller]

On Feb 2, 2004, at 3:45 pm, Caleb Tennis wrote:
>
> This is an awesome GLEP idea, and I'm glad it finally got put into
> written
> words.  The one suggestion I have, which I am sure is up for a large
> amount
> of criticism, is that I think Gentoo should charge a fee for the use
> of this
> tree.  This is, in my opinion, a premium service, and a I believe it
> should
> come with a premium price, even if it's as low as 5 dollars per
> quarter.

I hate to nag about this, or seem antagonistic, but it's now 7 months 
since the Zygot "fork" and controversy. drobbins made several 
statements during June / July / August of last year that suggested 
Gentoo would be pursuing a not-for-profit status, however in the last 6 
months no evidence of legal moves to formalise this has been presented.

I'll just feel a little more comfortable with the idea of premium-rate 
Gentoo subscriptions once Gentoo's status has been finalised.

This posting is NOT intended as flamebait. I am just a user.

I love Gentoo, it has taught me SO much in the last year - which seems 
to have rushed by so quickly since I've been using Gentoo - and I'd 
like all the developers to know that I owe them a debt of thanks for 
all their hard work on the project. I'm not particularly competent, and 
I don't know that I'll ever be able to contribute to Gentoo in the way 
that they have.

I am sure that any latency on the move towards formal not-for-profit 
status is unintentional, and personally I don't think I'd mind if 
Gentoo announced it was it was going to become a commercial entity, 
because those that have contributed to Gentoo intellectually do deserve 
rewarding financially. I really value Gentoo for what it has given me 
but I guess I also value Free Software (tm), too, so I guess I'd just 
kinda like this cleared up, one way or the other.

Stroller.


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