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LPC: Fitting into the kernel ecosystem

LPC: Fitting into the kernel ecosystem

Posted Sep 18, 2008 14:51 UTC (Thu) by jmm (subscriber, #34596)
In reply to: LPC: Fitting into the kernel ecosystem by jbailey
Parent article: LPC: Fitting into the kernel ecosystem

> How many of the Debian contributors or contributions are paid for by
> Canonical

Beyond what people post with their debian.org address, there“s quite a number of Debian developers working on the kernel in their regular day job.


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LPC: Fitting into the kernel ecosystem

Posted Sep 18, 2008 21:57 UTC (Thu) by jeffm (subscriber, #29341) [Link]

If they're doing the kernel development work as part of their day job, why should a distribution they also perform work with receive the credit for the work? Their day job has funded the work.

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