On Mon, Dec 08, 2025 at 01:49:40PM -0700, Soren Stoutner wrote: > On Saturday, December 6, 2025 8:05:52 AM Mountain Standard Time Christian > Kastner wrote: > > I can criticize Google for a lot of things, but GSoC gets only praise > > from me. For me, that goes too far: it is their way to extend their "soft power", and thus deserves to be seen critically. That said... > That is my feeling as well. I hope Google continues to sponsor it and I hope > Debian continues to participate. ... this pragmatic view is worth considering. But one shouldn't lose the critical view, since soft power tends, at some point, to evolve into controlling power. See the place Google has put mozilla into, out of the fondness of their hearts. Cheers -- t
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