[Soc-coordination] Gsoc proposal from Charles

[Martin Zobel-Helas]

Hi, 

On Thu Mar 21, 2013 at 14:38:03 +0100, olivier sallou wrote:
>    Hi,
>    I'd like to know how would this proposal be managed by potential
>    student.
>    Student will need a cloud access for experiments, and this
>    is unfortunately not free.
>    Amazon provide a free (mini) instance but storage capacity of this
>    small instance may be too limited for such experiments and setup.
>    Does it include automatic image generation scripts (from a Debian
>    desktop/server and not cloning an image) or "just" connecting to an
>    Amazon instance, add some scripting and save as new image ?
>    First solution would be a perfect solution (for me and others), but is
>    more complex, expecially with amazon.
>    If additional co-mentors are required for the project, I can help (if
>    any student proposal is valid...).

A Debian GSoC project proposal, that needs 'non-free' and 'non free'
services to work are a very bad idea in my opinion. 

Debian Social contract says at §4:
'Our priorities are our users and free software'

I hearby ask the Debian GSoC Coordination team to reject project
applications, that need Amazon's (or any other commercial or non-free)
cloud service to function properly.

Cheers,
Martin
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