On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 22:02, Stroller wrote: > I hate to nag about this, or seem antagonistic, but it's now 7 months > since the Zygot "fork" and controversy. drobbins made several > statements during June / July / August of last year that suggested > Gentoo would be pursuing a not-for-profit status, however in the last 6 > months no evidence of legal moves to formalise this has been presented. > > I'll just feel a little more comfortable with the idea of premium-rate > Gentoo subscriptions once Gentoo's status has been finalised. > > This posting is NOT intended as flamebait. I am just a user. > > I love Gentoo, it has taught me SO much in the last year - which seems > to have rushed by so quickly since I've been using Gentoo - and I'd > like all the developers to know that I owe them a debt of thanks for > all their hard work on the project. I'm not particularly competent, and > I don't know that I'll ever be able to contribute to Gentoo in the way > that they have. > > I am sure that any latency on the move towards formal not-for-profit > status is unintentional, and personally I don't think I'd mind if > Gentoo announced it was it was going to become a commercial entity, > because those that have contributed to Gentoo intellectually do deserve > rewarding financially. I really value Gentoo for what it has given me > but I guess I also value Free Software (tm), too, so I guess I'd just > kinda like this cleared up, one way or the other.
I'm a little unclear on how being a not-for-profit has anything to do with "Free Software," or how Gentoo becoming a not-for-profit will suddenly change everything. Your talk suggests you believe not-for-profits can't have paid employees, which is patently false to my knowledge. Could you help me out? Thanks, Donnie
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