From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBE2A138A1A for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:27:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EC08DE0973; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:27:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 62C16E0969 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:27:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.3.7] (cpe-74-77-145-97.buffalo.res.rr.com [74.77.145.97]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: blueness) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 19619340676 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:27:03 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <54E1F078.3050201@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:28:24 -0500 From: "Anthony G. Basile" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo, GitHub, and the Social Contract References: <201502142148.30540.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <20150215070454.12e20dda@pomiot.lan> <54E0C6B2.1080004@gentoo.org> <20150215174248.29a9621b@googlemail.com> <54E0E7D4.9090905@gentoo.org> <20150215190855.24ba8e86@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <20150215190855.24ba8e86@googlemail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c2ad4781-910a-42df-91dc-aacb454c5cd2 X-Archives-Hash: b0cf7ee05d36e306b32d33ba47bead34 On 02/15/15 14:08, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 13:39:16 -0500 > "Anthony G. Basile" wrote: >> On 02/15/15 12:42, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >>> On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 11:17:54 -0500 >>> "Anthony G. Basile" 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. -- Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened] E-Mail : blueness@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 1FED FAD9 D82C 52A5 3BAB DC79 9384 FA6E F52D 4BBA GnuPG ID : F52D4BBA