RE: Please Join SPI (was Re: The Sky is Not Falling)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ean Schuessler [mailto:ean@brainfood.com]
> Sent: Friday, 7 May 2004 4:33 PM
>
> Just so. It also isn't just a matter of payment. It would be
> wonderful if the
> Internet and the things that happened on it were not subject
> to normal human
> law but that just isn't the case. Ultimately, everything that
> Debian does is
> done by people and those people are subject to the laws of
> their nations.
>
Okay, fair enough. It makes sense then that Debian Inc. (aka SPI) needs to
exist.
What does not make sense to me is why every single Debian developer needs to
be a formal member of that legal entity.
Let me explain what I mean. I am a member of the Debian Project, I am a
Debian developer.
I am not the DPL. I entrust that leadership role to Martin.
I am not the release manager. I entrust that role to Anthony.
I am not an ftp master. I entrust that role to Michael and the others.
I am not the DAM, I entrust that role to James.
I am not on the security team. I entrust that role to Martin and others.
There may be a variety of reasons why I take on none of these these (though
I could choose to be a part of any of them), a mixture of time, interest and
competency. I do what I can to make Debian and the world a better place.
So why suddenly is SPI, the Debian legal corporation, such a different
matter? Why is it that you are telling me *I* must be a part of SPI myself,
rather than entrusting it to those who can manage it, as I do for every
other part of Debian? What makes SPI any more important than any other of
Debian's facets or activities?
Drew
dparsons@debian.org
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