[Consortium] problem about inclusion of Ubuntu (was: Linuxaudio.org updates)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 re all, On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 01:03:26PM -0500, Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote: with full honesty, i feel the need to expose my regret in this inclusion without stating certain points and sharing our opinions about them. i have a problem with the assimilation role played by Ubuntu, which is buying with money the many efforts and the independence of GNU/Linux developers of today. so far, the discussions have been many about the topic, so i won't push further more arguments, just forward you an interesting situation that might describe well a core (so called upstream in the debian jargon) developer's point of view, in this case is Pippin from the Gimp , about what he calls "dysfunctional bounties" http://pippin.gimp.org/bounties/dysfunctional-bounties At last, I expect this consortium to play a role of fair redistribution of resources in case Ubuntu attains membership. thanks for your attention to such internal issues, still important to many of us. ciao - -- jaromil, dyne.org rasta coder, http://afrolinux.org