On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 11:58:25PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 11:33:56PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 01:57:35PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > > A, yes ? And the fact that debian ressource would be used for setting > > > > this alternative archive up and maintaining those packages is not to be > > > > considered ? Debian ressource in the form of volunteer time, which is > > > > maybe the only asset debian really has ? > > > > > > Volunteer time is not owned by Debian. We have no control over > > > volunteer time, and we cannot assign tasks to persons. > > > > But you are interfering by the time i should spend on things, in > > particular making it more difficult for me to maintain my non-free > > package ? A strange way of not interfering with my volunteer time. > > His point is that this "time" is not time you spend on Debian, but on > some non-free packages that happen to be distributed by Debian right > now. So, just as Debian can not set restrictions on what you do in > your non-Debian time, you cannot set restrictions on how Debian should > help you with your non-Debian activities.
Sorry, but the time i spent on packaging non-free stuff, this time i clearly see as part of the time i devote to debian. Not only does it include the real packaging, which is but a small fraction of the global time i devote to debian, but also some convincing and discussion work i have with upstream to try to get the licence freed. And packaging a non-free package puts you in a strong position to have this discussion with upstream, and, as i can see in my case, has already proven successfull in one of the two non-free packages i have been involved with. Or do you seriously think i would be packaging ocaml in main today, if i had not taken over the maintainership of that non-free package back in 98 ? I would probably be a redhat or whatever user right now if that would have been the case. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
