Should Debian Developers be paid to do work on Debian? [LWN.net]

Should Debian Developers be paid to do work on Debian?

Posted Sep 28, 2006 15:48 UTC (Thu) by hummassa (subscriber, #307)
In reply to: Debian + Dunc-Tank.org = dissent by drag
Parent article: Debian + Dunc-Tank.org = dissent

Short answer: yes.
Long answer: HELL YES.
Longest answer: in an ideal world, ALL DDs should be paid to work on
Debian. Period. Even if they are doing it as a fun hobby.

> The whole thing is just realy stupid. IMO it is people attempting to
> hijack Debian over stupid politics. Debian is about to pull of one of
> the most important successes it has ever done: GET A RELEASE OUT ON TIME
> for the first time ever. And people are entirely willing to blow the
> entire thing out of the water because they have a stick up their ass.
>
> They should be ashamed of themselves.

If I was a raving paranoid lunatic, I would say that those people _want_
Debian release to be late, and Debian to lose even more of its
hard-worked-for standing. Oh wait. I _am_ a raving paranoid lunatic.
So, ...

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Should Debian Developers be paid to do work on Debian?

Posted Sep 29, 2006 0:49 UTC (Fri) by mikov (subscriber, #33179) [Link]

First the recall nonsense. Then the Firefox debacle. It really seems like a conspiracy to prevent Debian from releasing on time. Well, it makes some amount of sense - releasing Debian on time will be breaking a law of nature, so it may just be the end of the universe as we know it ...

Should Debian Developers be paid to do work on Debian?

Posted Sep 29, 2006 21:08 UTC (Fri) by nlucas (subscriber, #33793) [Link]

I'm just waiting to see when they will discover some link between the people who are giving money to a company that has stocks owned by Microsoft.

Then the plot will be complete...
(Or maybe not. SCO hasn't been involved yet.)