Quoting John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Austin Acton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Well preliminary questions are: > > > > 1. Is there any hope of MandrakeSoft adopting a plan like this? > > 2. If so, will they administer it? In other words, do THEY want to > > reorganize into a more community-based distro, or do they want US to > > form our own community and then reject it if they don't like it? > > If the code in Mandrake is GPL'd, then isn't their official blessing > irrelevant? If it's not GPL'd or under another Free license, then that > is something that's going to have to be dealt with before any > community project based on it. >
well main should be all gpl, but I think some code may not be. ( I doubt that there is any non gpl code in main ) isn't non gpl in plf, where there are licensing issues ectetera? my biggest complaint with debian is the way it is moving away from the iso model of distribution, while 7 iso's may be a bit much to download it all, the archive/snapshot of code on cdrom is always handy. ( I still have mandrake helios on cd ) creating a community for mandrake cannot be done without active support fron mandrakesoft staff, or it isn't mandrake, it's based on mandrake. the silence from mandrake employees is deafening. ;) and without thier active support fatal to a mandrake community based distro model. a community may have layers for responsability, but those layers are permeable, or it doesn't work. while the club is a small step in the direction needed for a community based distro, a community has to be free to be part of, not only for those that can afford / choose to pay for membership. ( 3d graphics communities have several sites, only 2 not really appropriate for all ages, and yet there are only 2 small sites where you pay to be a member, the large sites are free membership. www.renderosity.com 100 thousand members. www.renderotica.com 50 thousand plus members [ adult oriented graphics ] www.3-darena.com not sure, paid membership site. www.poserpros.com 5 thousand members, for a fairly new ( less than a year old ) site. just to list a few of the dozens of sites.) dozens of linux distros available, the ones that are the most popular have free membership in the community. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***Protect your PC from local E-Mail Application security holes*** ***Maintain your Privacy - Passport Free*** ***Anti SPAM "Whitelist" feature*** http://www.x-mail.net Web Based E-Mail, accessible anywhere Voice Messages, Voice Calls, Live Chat, X-Mail Messenger, Personal Web Hosting, 128 bit SSL Secure, Calendar, Bookmarks, Forwarding, Virtual Mail Map Aliasing X-Mail Premium: 20MB Messages, 100MB Storage, POP3, Ad Free
