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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: GLEP 19 -- Gentoo Stable Portage Tree
From:       Caleb Tennis <caleb () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2004-02-02 19:59:20
Message-ID: 200402021459.20139.caleb () gentoo ! org
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While I'm not particular on the actual implementation, nor do I have a firm 
opinion one way or another on this matter, I personally see a large 
opportunity for Gentoo to create more "products" that generate revenue.  This 
looked like a great opportunity for that, so that's why I suggested it.

From my perspective, we're going to take what amounts to a portage snapshot 
and spend time (and not a trivial amount either) maintaining it separate from 
mainstream portage.  I don't think $20 a year is an unreasonable amount to 
ask for this - especially since the normal portage tree is still available.  
The money is meant to benefit the future of the project; it's not going into 
my pockets.

I didn't expect the idea to be a popular one, but I bet if you took an 
informal poll of end-users who explicitly would desire using this tree over 
the normal portage tree, a majority of them would see the value and incline 
to agree.  And while it'd be nice to just have a "Donate to Paypal" link 
instead, I'm inclined to think most people would prefer paying for a service 
rather than donating to a group.

I don't intend this to flame or be flamebait; I'm just wanting to throw out 
ideas and perhaps get some people thinking outside the box.

Caleb

On Monday 02 February 2004 01:25 pm, Jon Portnoy wrote:
> I agree. I do not think that would be in the spirit of free software.
> Additionally it would alienate a lot of developers and users.

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