From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HVab8-0005KY-Le for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:49:59 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l2PLmwFk008163; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:48:58 GMT Received: from pan.object4.net (pan.object4.net [80.82.141.134]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l2PLkxcc005882 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:46:59 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pan.object4.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D72168093; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:46:59 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at pan.object4.net X-Spam-Score: -0.565 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.565 tagged_above=-100 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.012, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL=2.046] Received: from pan.object4.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pan.object4.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id orkPbvpVcdal; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:46:58 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.0.99] (82-46-45-120.cable.ubr06.newt.blueyonder.co.uk [82.46.45.120]) by pan.object4.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 372B36808D; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:46:58 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposed addition to the Social Contract From: Christel Dahlskjaer To: Mike Frysinger Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200703251647.31125.vapier@gentoo.org> References: <1174788467.4883.29.camel@bruichladdich> <200703251647.31125.vapier@gentoo.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-7EzRfKcaqWitQ3lwn+Lm" Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:46:57 +0100 Message-Id: <1174859217.4883.81.camel@bruichladdich> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 X-Archives-Salt: 3600eb38-2cf4-4f4d-9b8d-0c285d6a5cef X-Archives-Hash: 5182bf791deaa19186c26c6bc6b3dbe5 --=-7EzRfKcaqWitQ3lwn+Lm Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 16:47 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Saturday 24 March 2007, Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: > > It looks like our social contract doesn't prohibit Gentoo from being > > dependent upon a single sponsor or corporation. In the interests of > > keeping Gentoo run by the developers rather than any outside party, how > > about the following addition to the Social Contract? > > > > We will be run by the Development Community > > Gentoo will be run by the development community. We will never allow > > ourselves to be reliant upon a single sponsor or corporation. >=20 > i think this whole idea is a moot point anyways ... go visit the Gentoo=20 > Foundation web site and see Chapter 2 Section 5 And how exactly does this help us in the event of say the OSL burning down or the GNi suffering flooding? :) My point was simply that I think we would be wise to research whether there is the possibility of spreading our critical infrastructure a bit better so that in the event of an Act of God or suchlike we wouldn't find ourselves losing everything to, say, water damage.=20 I agree, adding a line to the social contract won't magically send our servers across the world and into the homes^Wdatacenters of hundreds of wonderful new sponsors. Would be nice if it did though! --=-7EzRfKcaqWitQ3lwn+Lm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGBu3R0WARHgC5cN0RAuRgAJ9Ce298YocvuWFbUkdPMi9PMRdSigCeN1sn YUu/2f6EFg9DdPoLoHyNIpQ= =7DyU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-7EzRfKcaqWitQ3lwn+Lm-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list