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>
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.