Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo, GitHub, and the Social Contract

["Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@gentoo.org>]

On 02/15/15 14:08, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 13:39:16 -0500
> "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> On 02/15/15 12:42, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
>>> On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 11:17:54 -0500
>>> "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>> But the big difference here is that github is a company while infra
>>>> is volunteer work.
>>> And the equipment and hosting is paid for by...
>>>
>> You mean the folks like osuosl or other institutions run by
>> grants :P Or is that not the answer you were expecting?
> No, that's exactly what I mean. What if OSUOSL or some other
> institution decides they'll pull funding unless the entire Gentoo
> Gnome team is fired? Or what if the government funding them announces
> that they can't use their money to accept contributions from or
> give benefit to countries in the Axis of Evil?
>
> The idea that Gentoo is currently immune to these kinds of pressures,
> but suddenly wouldn't be if Github were to be used for hosting, isn't
> really grounded in reality...
>
Then I'll write a grant.  I've played this game long enough to know how 
to keep the money interests and free research apart.

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