Quoting Steve Langasek (2014-05-04 10:27:44) > On Sat, May 03, 2014 at 08:43:07AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > >> The Tails project is a Debian-based live system [snip] >> Their overall budget is between 10kEUR and 20kEUR. [snip] >> I am planning to allocate 5000 EUR. > > As you say, this is a derivative, rather than a pure blend. While > Tails seems to be doing great work, and I'm happy that they're trying > to work closely with Debian, the fact that they *are* a derivative > rather than a pure blend makes me question spending Debian money on > this. > > Nothing says a pure blend couldn't have its own public identity, and > if they were a pure blend, I would have no concern about the > expenditure. But since it's a derivative rather than a pure blend, > how do we know that in /this/ case, the work at the sprint is going to > benefit Debian? The website has a very admirable statement about > minimizing the delta with Debian, but is the size of this delta > published and tracked anywhere? I've thought similar to you, Steve, but support the sponsorship: Tails is a (non-pure) Debian Blend. In 2011, I asked the former DPL for sponsoring a 2 months trip to India with the purpose of giving talks and participating in local sessions about FreedomBox - also a non-pure Debian Blend. Response then was to cover only half, leaving to the FreedomBox Foundation to cover the other half. Personally I was frustrated not to get full support (and FreedomBox Foundation later turned down my request for sponsorship), but from a Debian point of view I find it sensible to sponsor non-pure Blends partly like Lucas is proposing (or already decided?) here. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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