On Thu, 21 Aug 1997 13:23:27 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Aug 21, Dave Cinege wrote >> On Thu, 21 Aug 1997 10:33:41 -0400 (EDT), Tim Sailer wrote: >> >One of the reasons is that when people make a donation, it could be >> >tax deductable. Right now it is not. We have to get 501(c)3 status >> >with the US IRS first. >> Why? Of what intestest is that to the people that don't live in the USA. >> How much in donations are to planning to work towards? Do you think the IRS will >> allow companies to write off the ftp bandwidth they donate? Hell no... >> >> I don't see the need. > >Well, many others did. And many others agreed with the other changes >you disagree with. These decisions have been made. The time for >discussion is _over_, unless you've got something more substantial >than the pot-shots you've been taking so far.
Who? I've been reading this list long before the the notice of incorpoation came through. I never saw any discussion about it. Excuse me if I missed it, but I never remember seeing a single post asking if it was OK if a few guys in the group became 'Debian' >If you feel these changes make it impossible for you to use Debian, >we're sorry, but it looks like the time has come for you to move to >another distribution or start your own or whatever. I just spoke with someone today about this, and he said it looks like this crap might just do that. >If these changes do not make it impossible for you to use Debian, then >please come up with something substantial enough that it might >actually make people reconsider (I'll give you a clue, "I don't see >the need" ain't likely to work---obviously the others did) or *drop >it*. I've said it ten times. Politics are starting to come into play over the technical aspects of the distribution. If it is furthered it will either destroy the project or break it up. There was no good reason for a corp to be formed. I kept quite. There was no good reason to put out an 'Official' cd (which hurt a lot of our CD-R guys), and I kept quite. Now for the most pethtic reason, the entire version control system (and quality of product, both perceived and actual) is at stake. Now I'm ventting my shit with full force. I see where this is leading. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.psychosis.com/emc/ Elite MicroComputers 908-541-4214 http://www.psychosis.com/linux-router/ Linux Router Project -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
