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Re: BOSS is back ?? Seems like Yes !




On 09/29/2015 12:51 PM, Amey Abhyankar wrote:
> 
> On 22 September 2015 at 15:38, Vikas Tara <vik@hamaralinux.org
> <mailto:vik@hamaralinux.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On 22/09/15 15:33, Pirate Praveen wrote:
>>     [Adding Vikas from Hamara]
>>
>>     Vik,
>>     May be Hamara team also can join if such a session happens.
>>
>     Absolutely - in the end we all benefit from these development
>     efforts, particularly if we can all push our changes upstream to debian.
> 
> 
> 'Debian Derivatives' mailing list which may be useful to Hamara Linux
> developers =  https://lists.debian.org/debian-derivatives/
>  
> I would like to encourage Hamara Linux developers to keep posting
> updates/queries at above mailing list.

Thanks Amey for the info. Have subscribed to it.


> 
> Regards,
> Amey.
> 
> Now back to 'BOSS'. Found 1 interesting short communication thread at
> this ML from back in Dec 2014 =
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-derivatives/2014/12/msg00014.html
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>     On २२ सप्टेंबर, २०१५ २:१४:३५ [PM] IST, Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
>>     <mailto:dr@jones.dk> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi BOSS Linux and others,
>>
>>         [cc'ing Prema S. as formal C-DAC contact at Debian census page]
>>
>>         Quoting Amey Abhyankar (2015-09-22 08:25:27)
>>
>>             On 22 September 2015 at 11:23, BOSS Linux
>>             <bosslinux.cdac@gmail.com>
>>             <mailto:bosslinux.cdac@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>                 BOSS is officially a part of Debian Derivatives 
>>
>>             Fantastic! 
>>
>>
>>         Yup.  I fully agree it is great that BOSS is based on Debian (which is 
>>         no news - BOSS was based on Debian also last I checked 4 years ago too), 
>>         and even greater to learn that it is still actively maintained.
>>
>>
>>             -Can some1 add information about BOSS here? I don't have
>>             access to edit this page =
>>             http://www.debian.org/misc/children-distros 
>>
>>
>>         There's info here: https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/BOSSlinux
>>
>>         That page is used also by automated tools, so edit with caution.
>>
>>
>>                 and the Official BOSS  releases for public domain
>>                 contains packages ONLY from main section of Debian and
>>                 thus there is no question of "suing" for any reason. 
>>
>>
>>         I fully agree there's no reason to sue¹ BOSS here.  But it is incorrect 
>>         that public accessible BOSS is a
>>         Debian Pure Blend - some parts are not 
>>         pristine Debian packages but derived.  To take an example, the package 
>>         "alacarte" was patched to include Kashmiri languages: 
>>         http://deriv.debian.net/BOSSlinux/patches/a/alacarte/alacarte_0.13.2-1_alacarte_0.13.2-1boss2.patch
>>
>>         During my brief visit to India in 2011 I met with C-DAC and we discussed 
>>         ways to improve relationship with Debian.  C-DAC then sent 3 of their 
>>         developers to our MiniDebconf in Mangalore with few days notice, and 
>>         sponsored my travel costs while in India (I met with students in 
>>         Hyderabad, Mengaluru and Bengaluru).
>>
>>         Sadly those developers left the company few months after our meetings, 
>>         as far as I heard, and C-DAC and I didn't keep in touch in other ways.
>>
>>         Would C-DAC perhaps be interested in a renewed effort to work closer?
>>
>>         My girlfriend and I will likely visit India at the end on 2015, this 
>>         time with specific aim of collaborating closely with Debian derivatives.
>>
>>         Would C-DAC be interested in e.g. hosting Siri and me in Chennai in two 
>>         weeks of december to work for 2 weeks directly with BOSS developers? 
>>         Would other Debian enthusiasts happen to be in or near Chennai at the 
>>         time and be interested in attending such work sessions or some of them?
>>
>>
>>         Kind regards,
>>
>>          - Jonas
>>
>>
>>         ¹ I agree also with others in this thread that an eventual lawsuit would 
>>         be for copyright holders to consider: Debian mainly distributes code of 
>>         others and hold copyright only for small pieces like the installer.
>>
>>         ² Sadly for C-DAC - as I was told the developers themselves were excited 
>>         about their new opportunities.
>>
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. 
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