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 4.54) id 1EyUJ1-0006m2-2Y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:21:55 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k0GDK4iR023597; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:20:04 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.200]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k0GDHXFw009955 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:17:34 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z3so1024005nzf for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:17:32 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=EsigSsxRXqXK3/yc1Bw0009V+0dQle3aFkCDOnBCQ2L4qqKvfNzopkuT74bidh767UcbEQ5wJ7BBHO4NWptFwSvARuGy5/g73HWqR1wJyN00BHCqkbJ7p+1K+ftF2Faoiryau7kkpWzzXUKQ6bnVXHsDJkQdGtj0l5ONU2h/8vQ= Received: by 10.37.12.45 with SMTP id p45mr1707826nzi; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:17:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.154.3 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:17:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:17:32 +0000 From: Justin Hart To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Sorry about the spam In-Reply-To: <342e1090601110658p1eead676v191f15c29acde9c5@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <43C32CC4.4080508@saviourlinux.com> <3cc642bc0601100731n503de085s247d1f6f0d7ebcde@mail.gmail.com> <20060110160306.175b83a0@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <200601101822.26527.ce@christeck.de> <43C47FFA.4050405@saviourlinux.com> <342e1090601110658p1eead676v191f15c29acde9c5@mail.gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k0GDHXFw009955 X-Archives-Salt: 20d79cbc-69bd-49ea-81d9-5d6db44f9d19 X-Archives-Hash: 968b3c12d022df8ae0a22cacff9e984b There's a standard too, it's called posix, or Unix, but nobody uses it ;-) Justin On 1/11/06, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > On 1/11/06, Mark Stewart wrote: > > Really, I should have thought more about the first e-mail (oops). > > Thank you for all your comments! > > > > Here is what the goal is (as of now): > > - To have some kind of useful standard among the many distributions. > > - To compensate those who need or want compensation for their hard > > work. (The laborer is worthy of his/her wages.) > > - Community moderated, no controlling overhead like Microsoft. > > - Whatever they release will be completely free software. No strings. > > > > "United" means we help each other develop and improve Linux > > software--separately. So no united. That's optional for now. > > > > How can people be interested? > > - It is just a fund paid by the community for the community > > - Overhead will be minimal, if anything. > > - People are already interested in Linux, and they would like to donate > > to a worthy cause. (Yes, this does mean that we would have to be worthy) > > > > What's the point? > > - Make Linux better > > - Increase Linux users (Microsoft users might convert) > > - Better the community > > - Pay people who deserve it > > > > > > Really, we could make Gentoo the official distribution of Saviour > > Linux. Personally, I think it is the best. > > I guess you just named Saviour a project to fund a distribution, if I > got what you mean, anyway, quotting Gentoo.org: > > "The Gentoo Foundation has been created to provide financial > caretaking, juridical protection and oversee general Gentoo > development to keep it in line with the Social Contract." > > We already have that... In fact, many of the aspects of what you say > Saviour would be already exists and are at heavy development as we > type, and its called, Gentoo Linux ;) > > > > > Mark Stewart > > > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > -- > Daniel da Veiga > Computer Operator - RS - Brazil > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- > PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Justin W. Hart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list