On Feb 14, 2014, at 07:40 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >Quite the opposite - some people felt it would be inevitable that >Debian choosing systemd would effectively be a death sentence for Upstart Keep in mind that (just as before the ctte decision and Mark's announcement) Upstart is free software, licensed under the terms of the GPLv2. This means that Ubuntu's decision to follow Debian does not necessarily mean a death sentence for Upstart. Sure, it probably means that Ubuntu will at some point cease to put resources into the project, but just like any other GPLv2'd software, someone else may come along with a new vision, crazy idea, or an interesting repurposing, and adopt the code. And just like before these decisions, if that person doesn't like the CLA, there's nothing stopping them from forking the project and maintaining it themselves under a different regime, or no CLA at all. This may seem like a silly or moot point, but it actually shows the beautiful thing about FLOSS. Projects only die because no one cares about them any more. Cheers, -Barry
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