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 >>

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, corporation

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 &

Who pays Debian developement

2023-01-31 Thread krystof
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 developement. I understand that some task like kernel maintanac