Re: Who pays Debian developement

2023-02-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Miles Fidelman wrote on 31/01/2023 at 20:53:46+0100: > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >> On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 05:34:49 AM Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: >>> There are also individuals making such donations. >>> >>> That being said, these donations can't be used to pay a Developer for >>> its w

Re: Who pays Debian developement

2023-02-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Hi, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote on 31/01/2023 at 19:50:06+0100: > On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 05:34:49 AM Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: >> There are also individuals making such donations. >> >> That being said, these donations can't be used to pay a Developer for >> its work in the project. > > We

Re: OT: Charities (a rant) (was: Re: Who pays Debian developement)

2023-01-31 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 2:54 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 02:05:16PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > The reasons that there are quite a few charities that I do not > contribute to > > > has to do with two (related) things: > >

Re: Who pays Debian developement

2023-01-31 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 02:53:46PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 05:34:49 AM Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > > There are also individuals making such donations. > > > > > > That being said, these donations can't be used to pay a Developer

Re: Who pays Debian developement

2023-01-31 Thread Miles Fidelman
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 05:34:49 AM Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: There are also individuals making such donations. That being said, these donations can't be used to pay a Developer for its work in the project. That being said, there are certainly developers out t

Re: OT: Charities (a rant) (was: Re: Who pays Debian developement)

2023-01-31 Thread Dan Ritter
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 02:05:16PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > [...] > > > The reasons that there are quite a few charities that I do not contribute > > to > > has to do with two (related) things: > > Quite the Scientific Method (TM). Making a few things up

Re: Who pays Debian developement

2023-01-31 Thread gene heskett
On 1/31/23 09:04, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, how does it actually work? Most of the software in the Debian operating system is taken by Debian for free from "upstream" projects. For example i maintain as upstream developer libburn, lisofs, and libisoburn with their applications cdrskin and xo

Re: OT: Charities (a rant) (was: Re: Who pays Debian developement)

2023-01-31 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 02:05:16PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: [...] > The reasons that there are quite a few charities that I do not contribute to > has to do with two (related) things: Quite the Scientific Method (TM). Making a few things up to make your point :-) Now: Pick one. Prove t

OT: Charities (a rant) (was: Re: Who pays Debian developement)

2023-01-31 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 08:00:14 AM gene heskett wrote: > It does, but we should all remember that TANSTAAFL is a universal law. > It cannot be broken. Aside: Not the purpose of my response here, so plaese do not reply, but I believe that I am supplying some free lunches. If not, I'll have

Re: Who pays Debian developement

2023-01-31 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 05:34:49 AM Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > There are also individuals making such donations. > > That being said, these donations can't be used to pay a Developer for > its work in the project. Well that may be true in the case of certain Debian organizations, but I d

Re: Who pays Debian developement

2023-01-31 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
"Thomas Schmitt" wrote on 31/01/2023 at 15:01:15+0100: > I don't get paid for this. It's for fun, curiosity, and conscience. I'd add "and because I rely on it", from my point of view. All my systems run Debian, having a nice OS is the guarantee that my systems will keep working a way I like th

Re: Who pays Debian developement

2023-01-31 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > how does it actually work? Most of the software in the Debian operating system is taken by Debian for free from "upstream" projects. For example i maintain as upstream developer libburn, lisofs, and libisoburn with their applications cdrskin and xorriso. They are not specific to Debian or

Re: Who pays Debian developement

2023-01-31 Thread songbird
gene heskett wrote: ... > So something like this needs to be said: > > Make it easier for John Q. Public's like me to contribute to those > support funds. I'm not Elon Musk, but I could manage a $50 bill from > time to time. Make it easier for the users who have benefited greatly, > to supply s

Re: Who pays Debian developement

2023-01-31 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
gene heskett wrote on 31/01/2023 at 14:00:14+0100: > On 1/31/23 05:43, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: >> Hi, >> krys...@ibse.cz wrote on 31/01/2023 at 10:51:10+0100: >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> I ran into argument with my father about who pays Debian >>> developement. He says everyone want to eat

Re: Who pays Debian developement

2023-01-31 Thread gene heskett
On 1/31/23 05:43, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: Hi, krys...@ibse.cz wrote on 31/01/2023 at 10:51:10+0100: Hello everyone, I ran into argument with my father about who pays Debian developement. He says everyone want to eat something and since only donation won't cut it, corporations and companies

Re: Who pays Debian developement

2023-01-31 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Hi, krys...@ibse.cz wrote on 31/01/2023 at 10:51:10+0100: > Hello everyone, > I ran into argument with my father about who pays Debian > developement. He says everyone want to eat something and since only > donation won't cut it, corporations and companies which use Debian > need to fund the deve