On 2/23/2010 8:31 AM, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
While in general I have no objections to include stuff which could generate money for non-profit or for-profit as long as I have the choice to use it or not.
In the Ubuntu case I'm not so sure as it's direct "competition" to our project. It depends on how big the advantage of a service/application is for our users. I cannot see a black/white decision process here :-(
It isn't really competition in the sense that openSUSE isn't offering a music store. So Canonical making a profit and not openSUSE is almost beside the point. In terms of this type of situation (and again, the Music Store just being an example), probably the real questions are more like: 1) What benefit does this provide for our users? 2) Does this fall in line with our existing policies? 3) If 1) and 2) don't have clear positive answers, is profit-sharing with openSUSE that can be directed back to the project worth overlooking 1) and 2)? 4) What about if this service directly conflicts with one already established by a non-profit entity? --Jeff