Duplicate Packages from Debian archive in DMO

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On 12-03-21 at 09:00pm, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> > Each time you quote emails from me or in other ways mention my full 
> > name, you promote my presence on Internet and therefore my ability 
> > to earn money on being a famous geek.
> 
> Maybe, but sheer internet presence is not comparable to a Donate 
> button.

So if I put up a donate button on my website - which you promote every 
time you quote me in full (since a URL to my website is at my footer), 
then my potential earning money on it becomes a problem?

I disagree: It is none of your business how I do business outside 
Debian.

Donate buttons at planet.debian.org are different: they actually appear 
on Debian resources.



> > Please stop distorting this issue - it is *not* about money.
> 
> I am not sure. A successful pkg-multimedia team is a direct competitor 
> to his business model.

We should not fight competition, but either encourage it (if good) or 
ignore it (if bad).

What we should (possibly, if substantial) fight here is bad use of 
Debian brand.

Donate button at debian-multimedia.org generating money to that project 
instead of to Debian (or nuclear power plants or nowhere) is not a 
problem.

Problem is if someone donate there with the intend of donating to us.

Similarly if our users are lead to believe that debian-multimedia.org 
repository is a Debian repository.

Both are arguably a problem in protecting the Debian brand.  Or more 
relaxed, a problem in communicating the separation of the two projects.


 - Jonas

who is no fan of d-m.org and generally worried about power of money

-- 
 * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt
 * Tlf.: +45 40843136  Website: http://dr.jones.dk/

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