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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: A proposal to deal with the current RedHat situation
From:       Shawn Gordon <shawn () thekompany ! com>
Date:       2002-09-02 16:16:28
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At 09:14 AM 9/2/2002, Adam Treat wrote:
>On Monday 02 September 2002 11:52 am, Shawn Gordon wrote:
> > At 08:47 AM 9/2/2002, Adam Treat wrote:
> > >On Sunday 01 September 2002 08:45 pm, Shawn Gordon wrote:
> > > > This is a general proposal, no one really needs to know about Jane
> > > > specifically beyond how the spec files need to be set up.  I expect
> > > > this process to get fine tuned a bit, but I'd also imagine that there
> > > > are people using virtually every distro combination around and we can
> > > > arrive at some formalized testing for the packages.  What I'd like to
> > > > do is get a series of volunteers that will handle the spec files for
> > > > each distro (all versions), so this would only take about a half dozen
> > > > people, and not a whole lot of time since I believe spec files likely
> > > > exist already.
> > >
> > >Wait a minute.  Is Jane Free Software?
> >
> > Jane is a computer
>
>Ahh, what a nice name for a computer.  Now, can you tell us whether the build
>system you are proposing is free? (Not as in beer ;-)

they are some scripts that we made to automate the process, no we are not 
giving the scripts away, but that is hardly relevant to building the 
software, it's not sticking something into the binaries or anything.  we 
might productize the process, or we might decide to give it away at some 
point, we haven't made a decision on it yet, so we are just keeping it to 
ourselves for the moment.


> > >If KDE is going to release 'Official'
> > >packages, then it would seem to make sense that the build tools are all
> > > Free Software.  Sorry, I get a little nervous when you say, "...no one
> > > really needs to know about Jane specifically beyond how the spec files
> > > need to be set up."  We do not need any dependence upon non-free software
> > > for 'Official' packages.  Now, if you want to distribute your own
> > > packages with as little change from cvs source as possible and release
> > > them as Vanilla packages, then please go ahead, but if these are to be
> > > distributed _by_ KDE _as_ 'Official' KDE packages then I think the build
> > > tools need to be completely free.
> > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Shawn Gordon
> > > > President
> > > > theKompany.com
> > > > www.thekompany.com
> > > > 949-713-3276
> > > >
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> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shawn Gordon
> > President
> > theKompany.com
> > www.thekompany.com
> > 949-713-3276
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Regards,

Shawn Gordon
President
theKompany.com
www.thekompany.com
949-713-3276


 
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