Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 18th Dec 2006 21:35 UTC
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, codenamed Etch, had been due to arrive by December 4, 2006, but it's been delayed because some developers have 'deliberately' slowed down their work. According to a blog note by Andreas Barth, Debian developer & release manager, the delay has resulted because "Some people who used to do good work reduced their involvement drastically. There was nothing I could do about, and that happened way before I started full-time on release, but on the global picture that still counts."
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2006-09-21
So if dunc-tank had raised a million dollars and gave it all to one person - no difference? Ten million? What if the money was given to the DPL himself?
Hmm I understand that can look problematic.. I think that determining whether giving millions to 1 or few selected really is problematic needs to also take into consideration the interests of the sponsor. It's as korpenkraxar mentioned, if the sponsor(s) are giving millions in order to steer Debian into their own direction then yes, that would definitely be bad thing. (not unlike politcal lobbying, lol)
But if a few received millions as a reward from their sponsor(s) for doing work that benifits the sponsor but is aligned with Debian.. then I don't think there's an issue. Think about all the highly paid developers working full time on linux in Redhat, Suse, IBM, HP, etc. Fictitious example: you might have many volunteers working on the firewire framework and firewire devices, while you might have a handful of developers working on iSCSI whose combined gross pay could very well be in the millions, over say 2-3 yrs and more so when you factor in the implicit benifits like healthcare, 401k, paid vacation, travel, conferences, classes, etc
Edited 2006-12-20 10:21