Re: Are we in this for ourselves?
Well, I think the truth is in the middle (if a truth even exists...):
I do what I do for myself but I know it can be usefull to a lot
of other people (first other developers, then users). I agree on what
Bruce said (working together) but my mission is not SPI's one,
even if they overlap *a lot*. (I surely won't change anything I think
right just to spread Linux a little more...)
OK, less me and more us (not them or the world, even if us encomprise
simple users too).
Ciao,
Federico
On Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 06:25:00PM -0000, bruce@va.debian.org wrote:
> A common message I hear on Debian lists is "I just do this for myself".
> I understand that we are all volunteers, and we can't be expected to give
> up everything for the users, but the mission of Debian is _not_ to make a
> great Linux distribution for "myself".
>
> The mission of Debian and SPI is to promote and distribute free software
> to the world, and to educate the user community. This is especially binding
> on SPI: it's in the declaration of the purpose of our corporation, and we
> are legaly bound to pursue that mission.
>
> So, while we welcome the labor of people who mostly do it for themselves,
> there is a certain amount of working _together_ that is required of every
> member. Even though you do all of the work on your packages, you're not
> an island, and you're not expected to act like one. The alternative is
> many teams of one person, all creating the ultimate distribution for
> themselves.
>
> So, please folks, less "me" and more "the world".
>
> Thanks
>
> Bruce Perens
> President
> Software in the Public Interest
>
>
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