Re: Debian packages and freedesktop.org (Gnome, KDE, etc) menu entries
Marc Wilson wrote:
>Just as a data point, you do realize that freedesktop.org is a wholly owned
>and operated subsidiary of RedHat, right?
Now this just isn't true.
>Oh, you don't think so? Take a look at who their god-king is. Take a look
>at where their mailing lists are hosted. Karsten has detailed in another
>thread his interactions with that group.
Next you'll be saying that GNU binutils and GDB, and perhaps GCC, are
wholly owned and operated subsidiaries of Red Hat. Look at who runs them...
look at where their mailing lists are hosted....
The fact is that Red Hat is very generous about hosting free software
projects, and does not "own" or "operate" most of the projects it hosts.
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Nathanael Nerode <neroden at gcc.gnu.org>
http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html
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