On Wednesday 03 February 2016 14:58:54 Martin Klapetek wrote: > So I'd like to have this cleared - does the community agree to > have non-KDE projects, those that do not follow the Manifesto, > participate in our GSoC this year and in the following years? > > Imho this goes against the Manifesto as the projects gets to > "enjoy the benefits" without the complying with "commitments" > of the Manifesto. It's also less transparent overall (not able to > monitor progress as it's not on KDE infrastructure), can lead > to cheating and possibly kicking KDE out of GSoC in the worst > possible outcome. > > On the other hand, every accepted project gets the mentoring > organization some extra money, which is always handy.
I'm sorry, but I completely lack the necessary information to give my opinion in this matter. From the thread I gather that there have been issues in the past with at least one non-KDE project. But without a list of the pros and cons and a short summary of the past experience with allowing non-KDE projects how am I supposed to decide? I'm dubious about taking the Manifesto as binding document to make the decision although I think that it makes sense to use the Manifesto for guidance. I don't believe that there should be a hard "You are in./You are out." rule. In any case, I fully trust the GSoC team to make the decision that's in the best interest of KDE, for each non-KDE project individually. Regards, Ingo
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