1. Re: Debian/Ubuntu monopoly (was: bluetooth receiver) (jaromil)
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Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:39:48 +0100
From: jaromil <jaromil dyne.org>
Subject: Re: [piksel] Debian/Ubuntu monopoly (was: bluetooth receiver)
To: p1k53l workshop <piksel bek.no>
Message-ID: <20051103113948.GA13777 dyne.org>
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On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 04:36:24AM +0100, pix wrote:
x combat:~$ apt-cache show obexserver
... as usual with debian no link to homepage nor credits to the
person
who wrote the software :/
to be fair i think this is to avoid unnecessarily burdening the
'upstream' developer with debian specific bugs.
just by including the """upstream developer""" reference (currently
missing) in the show result (which is the most indexed information
online)?
oh c'mon, it's written all over the place """Mantainer""" with the
name
of who compiled the code (and it is so hard these days to compile
code!)
let's see how it is now: in the unlikely situation in which a normal
user has still doubts about who wrote the software, one can look up on
google. and of course obexserver only results are about debian,
because
the original software is called in a different way! (openobex)
also, are you aware that most free software developers do code in
spare
time and currently donations are a major source of motivation for
them?
so tell me, how do the massess correctly realize whom to donate to in
such a situation? in a scenario in which micropayement would work,
debian/ubuntu would *monopolize* everything.
and of course, they know how to make use of it eh, 250.000EU a year
spent in developer meetings among people that compile things
written by
others: http://wiki.debian.org/FriendsOfDebian
ok, please don't take this as a rant, even if it might sound like :)
still i believe you can spot some """constructive criticism""" in it,
for the good of the free software developer community.
And besides all that, i still think Debian is good for our
community, i
know a couple of Debian developers and i like them and respect the
spirit they invest in their activity.
(please feel free to forward this thread to anyone concerned)
ciao
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jaromil, dyne.org rasta coder, friend of debian, http://
rastasoft.org
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