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Jil Larner <jil <at> gnoo.eu> writes: |
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> May I suggest you split the discussion if you continue about licensing, |
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> so we can keep a clear topic on Daniel's come back ? |
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I only use licensing as an example (that I'm willing to defend |
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as long as it takes) to support the notion of vehicles to |
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generate revenue around the 'gentoo engine'. After all, if |
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you look at Daniel's recent past, he's been searching for ways |
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to use Gentoo, to *make money*. Several folks have pointed out |
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that the majority of people believe that using (gentoo) linux to |
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make money is a good idea. Daniel has been with lots of ventures |
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in the recent past. Gentoo is his next 'bidness'. |
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(ok that's settled?) |
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Many folks suspect that Daniel wants control of Gentoo, to make money |
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the way he envisions. He has not said why he would go to all of this |
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trouble to be the technical, spiritual and financial leader of |
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Gentoo (this makes the devs and others nervous). If fact it |
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has been suggested in some of these discussion threads (particularly |
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on the forums) that turning gentoo towards a profitable business |
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model is exactly what's on Daniel's mind. Exactly what this entails |
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is unclear. |
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If Gentoo is to turn "commercial" then the relevance of licensing |
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is paramount, IMHO. I only get my digs in, to get the serfs thinking |
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about their financial future, related to Gentoo and it's future licensing |
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issues. That the reason for the examples and the "FOTITUDE" to wake up the |
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serfs that the GPL is hurting them the most. The GPL does not hurt |
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large corporations. Maybe, just maybe, the GPL needs a financial test |
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before it affects a company? (Just one idea for thought). After |
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all, a company that grosses less than one million dollars, most |
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likely does not have anything (code) that anyone else cannot |
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easily generate. |
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Gentoo is in play, do you understand this? Ever heard of T Boone Pickens? |
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Daniel realizes that Gentoo has value. That's why he wants to |
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return and rule in an autocratic fashion. He has not asked to |
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be the technical guru (leader of the tribes) and hand the |
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financial decision making to others (something a benevolent benefactor |
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would do). He wants *CONTROL of EVERYTHING* He has insulted the |
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devs that get in his way. Go read the 14 pages on the forum and you |
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get a pretty clear picture, that he is not this *benevolent benefactor* |
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that the masses believe he is. If he was, he would return, humble |
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get on 'the team' and let folks who have experience and connections |
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run the financial affairs of Gentoo, to the benefit of the all devs |
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and the user alike. |
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Why else would Daniel let the foundation sink? I sure anyone in the know |
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could have sent in the few hundred bucks to keetp gentoo legally established. |
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This crisis has been "orchestrated" to force a decision, plain and simple. |
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It's going to become the fiefdom of somebody and my vote (voice) is that the |
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serfs (users) and the devs take this puppy and decide how to make |
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money with it (Plain and simple). If you give it back to daniel, he has |
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greater rights legally that if the thing just dies. If it dies lots of folks |
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can pick up the code, rename it and start a fork that can be GPL or |
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commercial, IMHO. The GPL get's in the way, IMHO. Handing it over to |
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Daniel with ~100% non publish control is a recipe for the serfs and |
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the majority of the serfs to get the privilege of remaining on |
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massa's farm, IMHO. |
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Why else do you think the real discussions are going on behind |
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closed doors? |
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come on, use your brain here...... |
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(or at least go read the 14 pages on the forum and then come back with a |
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clue). |
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God, I sure hope I'm wrong.............. |
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