On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Rafael Goncalves Martins > <rafaelmart...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> Yeah, but I think that there's a big difference about any developer >> being allowed to create a project under the gentoo umbrella and create >> a project and claim it as Gentoo sponsored without any review of the >> council. I agree that it can exists in the Github account, or even in >> our own infrastructure, but say that Gentoo supports it without a >> previous analysis of the council is wrong IMHO. > > In practice there is no difference. About the only "sponsorship" > Gentoo projects get most of the time is hosting, and considering that > they stuck this one on Github they're not really even getting that. > > That said, I see no reason why this project would be any less eligible > for other forms of sponsorship than other projects are, assuming that > somebody can make a compelling pitch for the Trustees. The Foundation > is aimed to further Gentoo in particular in FOSS in general, so > obviously we don't spend a lot on individual projects. When we do it > tends to be in proportion to how it benefits the entire community, and > I'm sure that community sentiments would be balanced accordingly. > However, there aren't "real" projects and "wanna-be" projects in > Gentoo. > > Rich >
Hmm, pretty cool! Then I can create a stupid project, put it on gentoo infra and claim it as being Gentoo sponsored. Good to know, thanks! -- Rafael Goncalves Martins Gentoo Linux developer http://rafaelmartins.eng.br/
