Quoting Raphael Hertzog (2019-09-29 16:15:30) > On Sun, 29 Sep 2019, Hector Oron wrote: > > > Not sure what the problem with LTS is. I thought companies pay for > > > the extra effort. I think it's a perfectly fine business model. > > > > As a very simple summary, companies pay another company (Debian > > unrelated) to use Debian volunteers time and Debian resources. > > Debian does not get any share of that work. > > I'm afraid that this summary is too simple and thus misleading. > > * Freexian (the "another company") is not owned by Debian, but it's > not unrelated to Debian. I funded that company, as a Debian > developer, to let me contribute to Debian while being paid by > customers who are Debian users.
It is "unrelated to Debian" same way as it is unrelated to Debian how often and how loud I sneeze while while dput'ing packages. > * Freexian doesn't "use Debian volunteers", nobody is forced to work > for Freexian, they all asked to join the team of paid contributors. > But Freexian pays them for the LTS work, that's correct. Debian volunteers indeed are asked nicely if they want to spend their volunteer time on that not-really-Debian-thing-labeled-confusingly. And yes, Debian volunteers are also offered to get paid for such work. > * While we use Debian resources, we are using Debian resources just > like any other Debian contributor, the fact that we are paid doesn't > change anything. Many Debian contributors are being paid as part of > their work. It's just more visible in this case. "any other Debian contributor" do not use the name Debian for their not-really-Debian activities. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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