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Re: giving money to gnome

> There were no strings to the money at all. We did not sign any
> contract. We should be able to give it to whoever we want.

Right. We *ARE* able to give it to whoever we want.


> Nobody on the KDE project has any right to tell us we can't
> or shouldn't give it to GNOME.

Correct.


> GNOME is not the "enemy" of KDE.

Correct, it is a direct competitor of KDE, though.


> They are just a free software project. There is nothing hostile
> about our giving the money to GNOME, it's just a choice that we
> make.

We *CAN* do that, YES. We *SHOULDN'T* do that, though, WITHOUT KDE people
intervening to keep us away from giving the money to GNOME. This is called
"ethics".

But Bruce, now - please answer a couple of questions to me:


  - Is GNOME the last and only free software project, that we could 
    give money to? Aren't there any others?

  - Why is giving money to GNOME support GTK, and giving money to GTK
    isn't?  (IMHO, such statements are just NUTS).

  - Do you still have NO idea whatsoever, why giving money to GNOME 
    would upset KDE people?  (If you haven't, then it is a good thing
    that you said you don't want to run for project leader again).
    Let's hope that at least Ian Jackson and whoever else stepped forward
    do have at least a slight idea, as to why this might be upsetting to
    the KDE guys.




If this money would come from a "pure Debian" source, I'd say - give it to
every free software project you want. But since this isn't the case, I'd
at least consult a basic dictionary of "Rules Of Friendly Conduct" to find
out where you shouldn't give the money to.



  Benedikt


Windows 95: n.
    32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit
    operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor,  written
         by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.


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