Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:23:47 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Alex Keda <admin@lissyara.su> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: propose: all arch move into a separate dir Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1003051321460.5181@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <4B90D557.90504@lissyara.su> References: <619814.37821.qm@web59102.mail.re1.yahoo.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1003050912340.5181@fledge.watson.org> <4B90CF3E.2070508@lissyara.su> <CF439450-14F1-4628-A012-CF6DD2A50670@rabson.org> <4B90D557.90504@lissyara.su>
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On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, Alex Keda wrote: >>> thus, it is not 'Free', this managed by 'consumers like Isilon, NetApp, >>> Juniper, and many others'? >>> >> It might be helpful to think of them as 'customers' who are using our >> 'product' and paying for it by feeding back patches and employing FreeBSD >> developers. Normal business practice doesn't include intentionally making >> your customers' lives difficult - if you make a habit of it they tend to go >> elsewhere. >> > It seems to me, business and freedom - are mutually exclusive things. or you > can choose the path of development, or who pays - giver commands to > community. no freedom there. Cute but no cigar. FreeBSD must ultimately be responsible to the communities it serves. Sometimes those interests are in conflict and we have to come to some technical or social compromise, but often as not they align. In this case, I think they align pretty well. Whether you're an academic building research changes into a network stack, a company building a firewall appliance, or a volunteer developer working on something that particularly motivates you in the network stack, you all lose if the source tree is rearranged out from under your feet. Robert
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