Technicalities » free software http://www.sirena.org.uk/log Just another random blog Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:24:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Oh dear… http://www.sirena.org.uk/log/2009/12/09/oh-dear/ http://www.sirena.org.uk/log/2009/12/09/oh-dear/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:10:43 +0000 Mark Brown http://www.sirena.org.uk/log/?p=145 Subject: zlib_1.2.3.3.dfsg-16_amd64.changes REJECTED Reject Reasons: lib32z1: lintian output: 'embedded-zlib ./usr/lib32/libz.so.1.2.3.3', +automatically rejected package. lib32z1: If you have a good reason, you may override this lintian tag.

I guess I should’ve actually reported the lintian bug rather than just ignoring the bogus warning.

]]> http://www.sirena.org.uk/log/2009/12/09/oh-dear/feed/ 1 Who’s in charge? http://www.sirena.org.uk/log/2008/04/26/whos-in-charge/ http://www.sirena.org.uk/log/2008/04/26/whos-in-charge/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:12:03 +0000 Mark Brown http://www.sirena.org.uk/log/?p=79 Apparently the use of the terms describing free software as organic or non-organic depending on the extent to which the piece of software concerned is controlled or driven by a single company wound a few people up, partly due to the strong value judgements that the terms tend to imply. The terms I found myself using in a conversation about web frameworks with some Scotland on Rails attendees were commercial and corporate. These apply better in the web sphere where the business side of things is much more to the fore than it is in most free software work but the principle is there. Money floating around isn’t an issue, it’s the extent to which you have to deal with a particular company to get things done that makes the difference.

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