Re: Debian companies group

[davidson@ling.ohio-state.edu]

On Thu, 5 Sep 2013, davidson@ling.ohio-state.edu wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Sep 2013, Michael Meskes wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 03:31:05PM -0400, davidson@ling.ohio-state.edu 
> > wrote:
> > > > Who?
> > > > A companies community should only contain companies.
> > >
> > > what kind of community contains only companies?  such a thing does
> > > not warrant the term 'community'.  i worked for too long in a
> > > marketing department to swallow this metaphor.
> >
> > I don't understand that at all. Companies work together on a daily
> > base, why shouldn't they here? Or is it just the wording?
>
> i would say it is the meaning.  to pick one difference, there is more
> to a community than working together for a profit motive.

more to the point, perhaps: a community cultivates the commons, or
that which belongs to all, for the benefit of all.

or so i imagine.

> otherwise communities would be called syndicates.
>
> but we can agree to disagree on that.
>
> best regards,
> wes