Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task
On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 5:44 PM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Since Debian is also supporting projects for a good cause using their funds,
Do you have any examples of this? AFAIK we don't support development
nor external projects using Debian funds. The only exception I can
think of is helping Outreachy interns join the FLOSS community through
contributing to Debian related projects.
> We already have a potential developer
I think it inappropriate to select the developers to reward with money
in this way. Instead (once funded) the job should be posted to GCC &
m68k related forums, FOSSJobs and other FLOSS paid work aggregators
and the best candidate selected.
> So, would -project be willing to support our cause through Debian funds?
Traditionally, Debian has not used our funds to support development
work, the only exceptions being Outreachy and Dunc-Tank. I think that
we should keep it that way, no matter what the project is.
Debian is just a small part of the FLOSS community, I think a better
way to fund FLOSS development that companies don't want to touch would
be a community-wide non-profit organisation (such as "The Free
Software Endowment Inc.") focussed on this. Another option is
crowdfunding individual projects; this has been used successfully for
development (Bootlin's work on Allwinner hardware for example) so it
could work for this situation too.
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pabs
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