From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30563 invoked by uid 1002); 28 Sep 2003 19:57:44 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 27370 invoked from network); 28 Sep 2003 19:57:44 -0000 From: "Bjorn Sodergren" To: , Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 15:00:24 -0500 Message-ID: <004f01c385fb$295b4a40$6501a8c0@disturbed> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 In-Reply-To: <20030928003755.GM7356@mail.lieber.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: [gentoo-dev] Migrating to a commercial PHP-based forums package for forums.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 27cc977c-8f48-4334-a7fb-78d2a5233011 X-Archives-Hash: 06281a265bf67f096125adc16133c11c Open Source/GPL , free meaning no $$ needed, or gotta-pay for it, it doesn't matter as long as the tool you're using is the right tool for the job. If you insist on using the wrong tools ONLY because you think it is un-ethical to use non-free software, you should reconsider your priorities. After all, if you had to rent a specific tool (i.e. ball-joint splitter) to work on your car, or use what common tools (i.e. a hammer) you have laying around your house, what would you do ? > Another option is to migrate to an alternate forums package. > Specifically, vBulletin, which has proven to be quite > scalable and effective with larger sites. The main drawback > to this is the fact that it is a commercial software package, > which tends to raise the ire of some of the more zealous GNU > folks out there. > > So, my question to you is, how would you feel if we were to > do this? Horribly offended? Saddened because there isn't a > GPL'd program to meet our needs, but pragmatic about the need > to do *something*? Or C, none of the above? > > Basically, the choice comes down to one of two things: > > 1) Lose some older posts and stay on a GPL-compatible package > 2) Move to a commercial solution and keep all the posts. > > Note that vBulletin *is* open source in that you have access > to the source code and can modify it. It's just not Free. > > Finally, to keep this process somewhat manageably, I ask that > you make your responses on the forums. I've also set up a > poll there so we can vote on what should be done. I will > likely limit my responses to that discussion. > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=554174 --kurt -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list