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On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 12:59 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Incidentally, what exactly is wrong with systemd writing a dhcp server & |
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> > client, and an ntp client? Is that project prohibited from writing such |
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> > software? Are they not allowed to do it? Does it break legal laws? Is |
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> > there an NDA or non-compete clause in the mix that I'm not aware of? |
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> > Because they are the only things that could stop systemd from writing |
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> > such code; without such prohibitions they are free to spend their time |
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> > doing whatever they damn well please and if that means yet another dhcp |
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> > implementation, so be it. |
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> Alan, thanks for succinctly putting why is absurd to complain about |
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> someone else's desire to write whatever code she desires to write. And |
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> to sharing it to the world! The HORROR! |
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> How *DARE* they to release their code? For free! |
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Once again, you do not understand the claim. |
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If a user of Gentoo chooses to use non systemd profile, it means that |
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we need to make sure systemd will not be a valid option, ever. |
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In this case, if it is to disable the upower USE flag, or to provide |
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alternative, block newer version, whatever make it possible to have a |
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system working without systemd. |
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systemd should not be visible at any time, nor its implications. |
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Alon |
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