On 14 October 2014 17:10, Don Armstrong <d...@debian.org> wrote: > 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 >
In the UK we have rules about benefiting from being part of a charity or in my case being involved in a housing cooperative. We solve the problem by setting up 'secondary' organisations with which the first has a contract that allows them to purchase services. I'm just thinking that this could help small orgs who can't afford a whole or half a salary as well. Debian Developer Services (?) could take money from companies, issue invoices and pay developers and publish accounts. Just a thought -- Keith Burnett http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/ -- 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/CAA6tw_FEZ3onnD2z+_5SC3nb0mbzkwOhAb0S=adxtoq3bn_...@mail.gmail.com
