I think a careful reading of the following documents might help in understanding the motivations behind the debian project as a whole:
http://www.debian.org/intro/free http://www.debian.org/social_contract --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>>>> "Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > Colin> On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 08:35:35AM -0800, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I have the following modest proposal : > >> > >> Debian should start charging for high-speed > apt-get/dselect/whatever > >> downloads from it's sites. 56k is free, > anything faster you pay for. > >> Then we can pay people to work on the not fun > stuff that needs doing. > >> > >> And people who download ISO's to sell should be > paying a LOT. > >> > >> And this is not a troll. > > Colin> Are you sure it isn't? You do that and I > guarantee you most of the > Colin> developers will leave. > > yes I'm sure it isn't. > > It may be in the course of discussion I will find > it's a bad idea, and > my thinking was wrong-headed. I will gladly admit it > if that's the > case. > > Expand on why you think developers will leave, it's > not obvious to me. > > If I pay someone to do unfun work others don't like > doing wouldn't > that be a positive thing ? And shouldn't the > current developers be > first in line in such a system ? > > Or are you worried that if you can't pay _everyone_ > then it will cause > envy problems. > > I'm just guessing, please let me know your > rationale. > > > Brian > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hacking is a "Good Thing!" See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
