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On 02/15/15 14:08, Ciaran McCreesh 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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>>> |
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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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Then I'll write a grant. I've played this game long enough to know how |
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to keep the money interests and free research apart. |
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E-Mail : blueness@g.o |
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