Re: On init in Debian

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Allison Randal <allison@lohutok.net> writes:

> On 03/16/2012 06:54 AM, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > Le vendredi 16 mars 2012 à 14:26 +0100, Marco d'Itri a écrit : 
> >> How are the upstart developers controversial? Did I miss something?
> > 
> > Canonical contributor agreement.
>
> Hypothetically, if this went away, would it have a substantial impact
> on the decision? [NOTE: I don't work for Canonical, and don't have a
> magic wand to poof it away.]

Which decision in particular, and by who?

If the Canonical contributor agreement were no longer required for
contributions to a work, then depending on that work for core Debian
features would be significantly less controversial, IMO. Does that
answer your question?

Thanks for explicitly raising the possibility for discussion.

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Ben Finney