Re: splitting debian
Ted Whalen <tew@debian.org> writes:
> While I think that splitting off some of the niche software is quite
> reasonable, I think that distributing text/images/sounds/data is
> beyond the scope of the Debian project, and leads to some dilution
> of our strengths.
I don't think it dilutes us since none of it will happen unless
someone *wants* to make the effort. It's not at all clear that that
time would be time they would have been equally motivated to apply
elsewhere. If I was a acoustic researcher, I might join Debian to
package some important sound samples. If Debian forbid that kind of
package, I might never become a maintainer.
> While freely redistributible and modifiable text/data is an
> admirable goal in my opinion, others might not agree. I see a group
> dedicated to distributing free content as an associated adjunct to
> Debian, but not as a subset of Debian.
I feel that while it might eventually fork off as a separate effort,
it could just as well start internally.
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Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu> PGP=E80E0D04F521A094 532B97F5D64E3930
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