[Frans Pop]
b Gnash. Petter is very keen on this, but I'm not so sure. Don't
they have other ways to get funding? Thoughts?
I don't think Debian as a project should sponsor upstream
development. That's up to individual DDs.
A working free software implementation of the flash web plugin is a
requirement for Debian to provide a complete free software based
desktop. At the moment flash is used on so many web sites that the
common user will not accept a browser without working Flash. I
believe that should be a priority of the Debian project to provide a
complete free software desktop. And as Gnash is one of the few
projects where money will help speed up development, I believe
spending Debian money on Gnash is a good idea. Why should Debian not
sponsor upstream development for projects that are important to
Debian?