On Tue, 14 Oct 2014, Marty wrote: > It seems like free software employment and market share come with > increasing risk to objectivity and technical quality.
People have to eat. Almost everyone who works on Debian has someone who pays them. > It's my main concern as a Debian user, as I consider recent trends. It really shouldn't be. The biggest concern that I have is getting new contributors into Debian and keeping existing contributors from burning out. Companies paying people to work on Debian is one way of getting more contributors and keeping existing contributors happy. > I hope that Debian members consider an amendment to restrict voting > rights for members who have a financial interest in Debian or in any > project used by Debian, to promote and protect the public interest. Everyone who contributes to Debian has an interest in what the project does, whether or not its financial. There's a reason why we're contributing, after all. People who are in positions of power in Debian are relatively open about what those interests are and who their employers are. But expecting people not to vote or participate just because they happen to be paid to work on Debian isn't healthy or sustainable. That said, if despite my counter-arguments, this is something you feel strongly about, find a DD who agrees with you, write up a constitutional amendment, and get it proposed on -vote or discussed -project. It's not on topic here. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com I learned really early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something -- Richard Feynman "What is Science" Phys. Teach. 7(6) 1969 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141014161017.gb4...@teltox.donarmstrong.com
