On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:37:35AM +0700, Paul Wise wrote: > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> wrote: > > >> b) What qualifies a contributor to become a "Debian Partner"? What > >> qualifies a "Debian Partner"? > > > > I don't think we have a formal list of "Debian Partners" (but I could be > > wrong). I'm also not convinced we need one. > > > > If we do have such a list that I'm not aware of, it might be a good idea > > to see if it's working well. I don't think I'll be working much in this > > area, however. > > http://www.debian.org/partners/ Right; so the partnership program is a way to acknowledge long-time Debian contributing organisations, such as sponsors, donors, etc. It could be a proper way to thank such organisations; however, it might be good to more actively work on that list. For instance, it still lists Sun Microsystems as a partner (we may have to confirm they still want to be one, and replace the name by Oracle if they do); and some of the links to "more information" to some of the partners' websites that I followed are dead, which could mean that they've stopped helping Debian. I'm not sure that fits my definition of 'working well'; I should probably look into this a bit more, though. -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html
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