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Note: not replying directly to Ciaran (I fully agree with what you said, C |
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Question: do any of the scenarios truly threaten Gentoo's existence? |
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Or is it just that things might be a pain in the butt if Github becomes |
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unavailable? |
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Let's say GitHub does change its policies and go full-douchebag -- is it |
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really the case that Gento would be alone in being screwed, or perhaps the |
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numerous open source projects on there would result in another something |
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replacing it? |
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Would love to see a little less fear around here. |
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On 15 February 2015 at 11:08, Ciaran McCreesh < |
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ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 13:39:16 -0500 |
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> "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On 02/15/15 12:42, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> > > On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 11:17:54 -0500 |
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> > > "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o> wrote: |
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> > >> But the big difference here is that github is a company while infra |
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> > >> is volunteer work. |
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> > > And the equipment and hosting is paid for by... |
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> > You mean the folks like osuosl or other institutions run by |
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> > grants :P Or is that not the answer you were expecting? |
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> No, that's exactly what I mean. What if OSUOSL or some other |
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> institution decides they'll pull funding unless the entire Gentoo |
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> Gnome team is fired? Or what if the government funding them announces |
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> that they can't use their money to accept contributions from or |
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> give benefit to countries in the Axis of Evil? |
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> The idea that Gentoo is currently immune to these kinds of pressures, |
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> but suddenly wouldn't be if Github were to be used for hosting, isn't |
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> really grounded in reality... |
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> -- |
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> Ciaran McCreesh |
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