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  Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Donald Norwood <donald@debian.org> - 2021-07-25 11:50 +0200
    Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> - 2021-07-25 14:50 +0200
      Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Agata Erminia Pennisi <agataerminiapennisi@gmail.com> - 2021-07-25 15:20 +0200
        Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Laura Arjona Reina <larjona@debian.org> - 2021-07-25 16:50 +0200
    Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Hanno 'Rince' Wagner <wagner@debian.org> - 2021-07-25 18:00 +0200
      Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Donald Norwood <donald@debian.org> - 2021-07-26 02:00 +0200
        Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Hanno 'Rince' Wagner <wagner@debian.org> - 2021-07-26 08:40 +0200
    Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2021-07-25 18:40 +0200
      Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Geert Stappers <stappers@debian.org> - 2021-07-25 20:10 +0200
        Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Alexander Wirt <formorer@debian.org> - 2021-07-26 08:30 +0200
          Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org> - 2021-07-26 23:10 +0200
            collaboration with Gitlab (was: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership) Laura Arjona Reina <larjona@debian.org> - 2021-07-27 00:10 +0200
              Re: collaboration with Gitlab (was: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership) Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org> - 2021-07-27 00:40 +0200
              Re: collaboration with Gitlab (was: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership) Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana <phls@debian.org> - 2021-07-27 14:10 +0200
        Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2021-07-28 13:10 +0200
      Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Donald Norwood <donald@debian.org> - 2021-07-26 02:30 +0200
        Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2021-07-26 08:40 +0200
          Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Marc Haber <mh+debian-project@zugschlus.de> - 2021-07-26 12:20 +0200
            Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> - 2021-07-26 13:20 +0200
              Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2021-07-26 16:00 +0200
                Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> - 2021-07-26 18:10 +0200
                  Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2021-07-26 21:20 +0200
                    Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> - 2021-07-26 22:20 +0200
                    Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2021-07-27 01:10 +0200
        Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2021-07-28 13:10 +0200
    Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership Micha Lenk <micha@debian.org> - 2021-07-25 21:30 +0200

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#12394 — Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership

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Dear all,

Debian and GitLab have been in discussion regarding an Open Source
Partnership toward which we will jointly produce mutual promotions,
shared stories, and announcements using both organizations press and/or
publicity channels.

There are several segments for this upcoming and future endeavor which
include a few requests from them on: How Debian uses GitLab for a case
study, some highlighting and promotion from us regarding their upcoming
GitLab Commit 2021 Conference, mutual support with media (peertube for
example), and a hand in hand expansion of both our press/publicity
networks to promote each others work where applicable.

One of the first items we are sharing is that GitLab has committed to a
Silver level sponsorship for #DebConf21, and Debian will be listed as an
Open Source Partner at their upcoming conference: GitLab Commit 2021.
More info and registration (free of cost) at
https://gitlabcommitvirtual2021.com

With the sponsorship arrangement we are able to have a virtual booth at
the GitLab Commit Conference (#GitLabCommit) which runs from 4:00AM PDT,
August 3rd, 2021 through 11:59PM PDT, August 4th, 2021.

    With many apologies for the short notice, we ask any Debian
Developers and Contributors who have available time if they would be
willing to assist in getting our booth up and running. The easiest and
quickest setup for us would be to select a series of slides that can
play on their main video player and a call button that will link to our
very own website. There are certain hours during August 3rd and 4th
where attendees are encouraged to visit the virtual booths so there's
possibility to schedule live sessions or chat too.

Interested people please contact us in #debian-publicity or
debian-publicity@lists.debian.org for more details.



Be Well,

-Donald

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#12395

Hi,


> Debian and GitLab have been in discussion regarding an Open Source
> Partnership toward which we will jointly produce mutual promotions,
> shared stories, and announcements using both organizations press and/or
> publicity channels.
> 
> There are several segments for this upcoming and future endeavor which
> include a few requests from them on: How Debian uses GitLab for a case
> study, some highlighting and promotion from us regarding their upcoming
> GitLab Commit 2021 Conference, mutual support with media (peertube for
> example), and a hand in hand expansion of both our press/publicity
> networks to promote each others work where applicable.

Without the intention to criticise the idea in general, has the responsible team considered any conflicts between GitLab's practices how they do open core rather than free software, and the DFSG? Are they compatible?

Will this partnership help improving the use and support of GitLab in Debian, i.e. will GitLab start supporting the GitLab packaging efforts in Debian, and help the Salsa team?

Cheers,
Nik

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#12396

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Dear Sir, Dear Madame,
we don't know each other and I'm not part of the Debian Project or GitLab.
I am only a Debian end user. I guess if the parties reached an agreement,
it was all written in a document. In order to avoid unpleasant and useless
discussions, it is recommended to share the document. Unless the agreement
is confidential or it has not been written. I hope I have helped you.

Thank you Debian 🙂

Il dom 25 lug 2021, 14:36 Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> ha
scritto:

> Hi,
>
>
> > Debian and GitLab have been in discussion regarding an Open Source
> > Partnership toward which we will jointly produce mutual promotions,
> > shared stories, and announcements using both organizations press and/or
> > publicity channels.
> >
> > There are several segments for this upcoming and future endeavor which
> > include a few requests from them on: How Debian uses GitLab for a case
> > study, some highlighting and promotion from us regarding their upcoming
> > GitLab Commit 2021 Conference, mutual support with media (peertube for
> > example), and a hand in hand expansion of both our press/publicity
> > networks to promote each others work where applicable.
>
> Without the intention to criticise the idea in general, has the
> responsible team considered any conflicts between GitLab's practices how
> they do open core rather than free software, and the DFSG? Are they
> compatible?
>
> Will this partnership help improving the use and support of GitLab in
> Debian, i.e. will GitLab start supporting the GitLab packaging efforts in
> Debian, and help the Salsa team?
>
> Cheers,
> Nik
>


> Da: *Donald Norwood* <donald@debian.org>
> Date: dom 25 lug 2021, 11:38
> Subject: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership
> To: debian-publicity <debian-publicity@lists.debian.org>, debian-project <
> debian-project@lists.debian.org>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> Debian and GitLab have been in discussion regarding an Open Source
> Partnership toward which we will jointly produce mutual promotions,
> shared stories, and announcements using both organizations press and/or
> publicity channels.
>
> There are several segments for this upcoming and future endeavor which
> include a few requests from them on: How Debian uses GitLab for a case
> study, some highlighting and promotion from us regarding their upcoming
> GitLab Commit 2021 Conference, mutual support with media (peertube for
> example), and a hand in hand expansion of both our press/publicity
> networks to promote each others work where applicable.
>
> One of the first items we are sharing is that GitLab has committed to a
> Silver level sponsorship for #DebConf21, and Debian will be listed as an
> Open Source Partner at their upcoming conference: GitLab Commit 2021.
> More info and registration (free of cost) at
> https://gitlabcommitvirtual2021.com
>
> With the sponsorship arrangement we are able to have a virtual booth at
> the GitLab Commit Conference (#GitLabCommit) which runs from 4:00AM PDT,
> August 3rd, 2021 through 11:59PM PDT, August 4th, 2021.
>
>     With many apologies for the short notice, we ask any Debian
> Developers and Contributors who have available time if they would be
> willing to assist in getting our booth up and running. The easiest and
> quickest setup for us would be to select a series of slides that can
> play on their main video player and a call button that will link to our
> very own website. There are certain hours during August 3rd and 4th
> where attendees are encouraged to visit the virtual booths so there's
> possibility to schedule live sessions or chat too.
>
> Interested people please contact us in #debian-publicity or
> debian-publicity@lists.debian.org for more details.
>
>
>
> Be Well,
>
> -Donald
>
> --
> --
> -
> ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀
> ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Donald Norwood
> ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ B7A1 5F45 5B28 7F38 4174
> ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ D5E9 E5EC 4AC9 BD62 7B05
>

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#12397

Hi all

El 25 de julio de 2021 15:07:38 CEST, Agata Erminia Pennisi <agataerminiapennisi@gmail.com> escribió:
>Dear Sir, Dear Madame,
>we don't know each other and I'm not part of the Debian Project or GitLab.
>I am only a Debian end user. I guess if the parties reached an agreement,
>it was all written in a document. In order to avoid unpleasant and useless
>discussions, it is recommended to share the document. Unless the agreement
>is confidential or it has not been written. I hope I have helped you.
>
>Thank you Debian 🙂
>

Thanks all for the comments.
For now, what we have is 'mutual promotion of our conferences', and we'll send a micronews about it. If we get people to stuff the booth, it's also an opportunity to promote Debian.

They are interested in writing an article about how Debian uses Gitlab. We chose to participate on it to ensure that the article attention to the Debian needs and perspective, and how could GitLab improve or help towards them ;)  This didn't started yet, we'll contact the Debian teams related to Salsa, Salsa-CI soon.

Kind regards

>Il dom 25 lug 2021, 14:36 Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> ha
>scritto:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> > Debian and GitLab have been in discussion regarding an Open Source
>> > Partnership toward which we will jointly produce mutual promotions,
>> > shared stories, and announcements using both organizations press and/or
>> > publicity channels.
>> >
>> > There are several segments for this upcoming and future endeavor which
>> > include a few requests from them on: How Debian uses GitLab for a case
>> > study, some highlighting and promotion from us regarding their upcoming
>> > GitLab Commit 2021 Conference, mutual support with media (peertube for
>> > example), and a hand in hand expansion of both our press/publicity
>> > networks to promote each others work where applicable.
>>
>> Without the intention to criticise the idea in general, has the
>> responsible team considered any conflicts between GitLab's practices how
>> they do open core rather than free software, and the DFSG? Are they
>> compatible?
>>
>> Will this partnership help improving the use and support of GitLab in
>> Debian, i.e. will GitLab start supporting the GitLab packaging efforts in
>> Debian, and help the Salsa team?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nik
>>
>
>
>> Da: *Donald Norwood* <donald@debian.org>
>> Date: dom 25 lug 2021, 11:38
>> Subject: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership
>> To: debian-publicity <debian-publicity@lists.debian.org>, debian-project <
>> debian-project@lists.debian.org>
>>
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Debian and GitLab have been in discussion regarding an Open Source
>> Partnership toward which we will jointly produce mutual promotions,
>> shared stories, and announcements using both organizations press and/or
>> publicity channels.
>>
>> There are several segments for this upcoming and future endeavor which
>> include a few requests from them on: How Debian uses GitLab for a case
>> study, some highlighting and promotion from us regarding their upcoming
>> GitLab Commit 2021 Conference, mutual support with media (peertube for
>> example), and a hand in hand expansion of both our press/publicity
>> networks to promote each others work where applicable.
>>
>> One of the first items we are sharing is that GitLab has committed to a
>> Silver level sponsorship for #DebConf21, and Debian will be listed as an
>> Open Source Partner at their upcoming conference: GitLab Commit 2021.
>> More info and registration (free of cost) at
>> https://gitlabcommitvirtual2021.com
>>
>> With the sponsorship arrangement we are able to have a virtual booth at
>> the GitLab Commit Conference (#GitLabCommit) which runs from 4:00AM PDT,
>> August 3rd, 2021 through 11:59PM PDT, August 4th, 2021.
>>
>>     With many apologies for the short notice, we ask any Debian
>> Developers and Contributors who have available time if they would be
>> willing to assist in getting our booth up and running. The easiest and
>> quickest setup for us would be to select a series of slides that can
>> play on their main video player and a call button that will link to our
>> very own website. There are certain hours during August 3rd and 4th
>> where attendees are encouraged to visit the virtual booths so there's
>> possibility to schedule live sessions or chat too.
>>
>> Interested people please contact us in #debian-publicity or
>> debian-publicity@lists.debian.org for more details.
>>
>>
>>
>> Be Well,
>>
>> -Donald
>>
>> --
>> --
>> -
>> ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀
>> ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Donald Norwood
>> ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ B7A1 5F45 5B28 7F38 4174
>> ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ D5E9 E5EC 4AC9 BD62 7B05
>>

-- 
Laura Arjona Reina
https://wiki.debian.org/LauraArjona
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#12398

Hi Donald!

On Sun, 25 Jul 2021, Donald Norwood wrote:

> include a few requests from them on: How Debian uses GitLab for a case
> study, some highlighting and promotion from us regarding their upcoming

would you mind to tell more about this "case study"? do you use
tracking mechanisms about what the developer use gitlab for or how
they use it? if so, is this accepted by everybody within the EU
according to the GDPR?

I do not want to sound negative, but to be informed about that there
are tracking mechanisms and they wil be used for analysis of peoples
behaviour is nothing I would like to be part of without consent,
especially if gitlab is meant as the platform to develop and maintain
packages.

best regards, Hanno Wagner
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#12402

Hi Hanno!

On 7/25/21 11:36 AM, Hanno 'Rince' Wagner wrote:
> Hi Donald!
> 
> On Sun, 25 Jul 2021, Donald Norwood wrote:
> 
>> include a few requests from them on: How Debian uses GitLab for a case
>> study, some highlighting and promotion from us regarding their upcoming
> 
> would you mind to tell more about this "case study"? do you use
> tracking mechanisms about what the developer use gitlab for or how
> they use it? if so, is this accepted by everybody within the EU
> according to the GDPR?
> 
> I do not want to sound negative, but to be informed about that there
> are tracking mechanisms and they wil be used for analysis of peoples
> behaviour is nothing I would like to be part of without consent,
> especially if gitlab is meant as the platform to develop and maintain
> packages.

Your concerns have merit, especially if there were tracking elements or
the exposure of any Personal Identifiable Information (PII) made
available. However, the inquires for the Case Study will likely be to
see how Debian uses GitLab and perhaps questions as to why we chose them
and so on, any information shared would come from our own DDs and teams
that work on or with GitLab. I don't think any information we provide
them will drill down to specific individuals, this seems more like
metrics and analytics with a personal touch on the end.

I would imagine the completed Case Study is mutually beneficial for each
of our organizations in light of documenting how an organization of our
size uses GitLab and for them showcasing how they are able to provide
services.



Be well,

-Donald

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⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ D5E9 E5EC 4AC9 BD62 7B05

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#12406

Hi Donald,

On Sun, 25 Jul 2021, Donald Norwood wrote:

> Your concerns have merit, especially if there were tracking elements or
> the exposure of any Personal Identifiable Information (PII) made
> available. However, the inquires for the Case Study will likely be to
> see how Debian uses GitLab and perhaps questions as to why we chose them
> and so on, any information shared would come from our own DDs and teams
> that work on or with GitLab. I don't think any information we provide
> them will drill down to specific individuals, this seems more like
> metrics and analytics with a personal touch on the end.

Okay, thank you for the answer. This is then more a questionnaire and
less analysis of technical data. That is fine with me and if that
questionnaire is available I'll be happy to answer the questions ;)

best regards, Hanno Wagner
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#       "Sie koennen den Benutzer jetzt ausschalten."
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#12399

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Donald Norwood <donald@debian.org> writes:

> Dear all,
>
> Debian and GitLab have been in discussion regarding an Open Source
> Partnership toward which we will jointly produce mutual promotions,
> shared stories, and announcements using both organizations press and/or
> publicity channels.
>
> There are several segments for this upcoming and future endeavor which
> include a few requests from them on: How Debian uses GitLab for a case
> study, some highlighting and promotion from us regarding their upcoming
> GitLab Commit 2021 Conference, mutual support with media (peertube for
> example), and a hand in hand expansion of both our press/publicity
> networks to promote each others work where applicable.
>
> One of the first items we are sharing is that GitLab has committed to a
> Silver level sponsorship for #DebConf21, and Debian will be listed as an
> Open Source Partner at their upcoming conference: GitLab Commit 2021.
> More info and registration (free of cost) at
> https://gitlabcommitvirtual2021.com
>
> With the sponsorship arrangement we are able to have a virtual booth at
> the GitLab Commit Conference (#GitLabCommit) which runs from 4:00AM PDT,
> August 3rd, 2021 through 11:59PM PDT, August 4th, 2021.
>
>     With many apologies for the short notice, we ask any Debian
> Developers and Contributors who have available time if they would be
> willing to assist in getting our booth up and running. The easiest and
> quickest setup for us would be to select a series of slides that can
> play on their main video player and a call button that will link to our
> very own website. There are certain hours during August 3rd and 4th
> where attendees are encouraged to visit the virtual booths so there's
> possibility to schedule live sessions or chat too.
>
> Interested people please contact us in #debian-publicity or
> debian-publicity@lists.debian.org for more details.

Out of the blue, without any more context and content, I am not sure to
be happy with this news.

To me, such a partnership is something quite stronger than sponsorship
and I'd be a bit ill-at-ease with it being done without the whole Debian
Members being consulted.

Last but not least, what kind of data would be shared regarding how we
use gitlab in Debian?

Cheers,
--
PEB

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#12400

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On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 06:19:37PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote:
> Donald Norwood <donald@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Debian and GitLab have been in discussion regarding an Open Source
> > Partnership toward which we will jointly produce mutual promotions,
> > shared stories, and announcements using both organizations press and/or
> > publicity channels.
      ...
> > 
> 
> Out of the blue, without any more context and content,

???

"Debian" and "Gitlab" are speaking with each other
since the very start of "Salsa".


> I am not sure to be happy with this news.

To me is the news  that "press" and "marketing" are more involved.
Because I assume good faith, I allow meself to focus on other stuff
in (Debian) life.

 
> To me, such a partnership is something quite stronger than sponsorship
> and I'd be a bit ill-at-ease with it being done without the whole Debian
> Members being consulted.

Yes, a DD is allowed to represent the project.

 
> Last but not least, what kind of data would be shared regarding how we
> use gitlab in Debian?

Please give the (humble) Salsa admins time to elaborate.
I have no insight information about "the data",
but imagine (dull??) statistics on accounts, active accounts, projects,
active projects.
I do trust my fellow Debian Developers to deal wisely with it.
For (gory??) details I recomment to join the Salsa admin team.



Groeten
Geert Stappers
DD
Thinks that peb made a valid request,
has no idea what would be a valid answer to that request.
-- 
Silence is hard to parse

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#12404

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On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 07:59:26PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 06:19:37PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote:
> > Donald Norwood <donald@debian.org> writes:
> > 
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > Debian and GitLab have been in discussion regarding an Open Source
> > > Partnership toward which we will jointly produce mutual promotions,
> > > shared stories, and announcements using both organizations press and/or
> > > publicity channels.
>       ...
> > > 
> > 
> > Out of the blue, without any more context and content,
> 
> ???
> 
> "Debian" and "Gitlab" are speaking with each other
> since the very start of "Salsa".
> 
> 
> > I am not sure to be happy with this news.
> 
> To me is the news  that "press" and "marketing" are more involved.
> Because I assume good faith, I allow meself to focus on other stuff
> in (Debian) life.
> 
>  
> > To me, such a partnership is something quite stronger than sponsorship
> > and I'd be a bit ill-at-ease with it being done without the whole Debian
> > Members being consulted.
> 
> Yes, a DD is allowed to represent the project.
> 
>  
> > Last but not least, what kind of data would be shared regarding how we
> > use gitlab in Debian?
> 
> Please give the (humble) Salsa admins time to elaborate.
> I have no insight information about "the data",
> but imagine (dull??) statistics on accounts, active accounts, projects,
> active projects.
> I do trust my fellow Debian Developers to deal wisely with it.
> For (gory??) details I recomment to join the Salsa admin team.

To be honest - and to my suprise - we weren't involved in this
discussions. We don't share any personal data and we won't do that.
We share rough numbers (numbers of projects, users,
groups, storage used), but we also do that regulary in talks (at least
when there were real conferences). 

Alex - Salsa Admim

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#12415

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On 2021-07-26 01 h 50, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 07:59:26PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 06:19:37PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote:
>>> Donald Norwood <donald@debian.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> Debian and GitLab have been in discussion regarding an Open Source
>>>> Partnership toward which we will jointly produce mutual promotions,
>>>> shared stories, and announcements using both organizations press and/or
>>>> publicity channels.
>>       ...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Out of the blue, without any more context and content,
>>
>> ???
>>
>> "Debian" and "Gitlab" are speaking with each other
>> since the very start of "Salsa".
>>
>>
>>> I am not sure to be happy with this news.
>>
>> To me is the news  that "press" and "marketing" are more involved.
>> Because I assume good faith, I allow meself to focus on other stuff
>> in (Debian) life.
>>
>>  
>>> To me, such a partnership is something quite stronger than sponsorship
>>> and I'd be a bit ill-at-ease with it being done without the whole Debian
>>> Members being consulted.
>>
>> Yes, a DD is allowed to represent the project.
>>
>>  
>>> Last but not least, what kind of data would be shared regarding how we
>>> use gitlab in Debian?
>>
>> Please give the (humble) Salsa admins time to elaborate.
>> I have no insight information about "the data",
>> but imagine (dull??) statistics on accounts, active accounts, projects,
>> active projects.
>> I do trust my fellow Debian Developers to deal wisely with it.
>> For (gory??) details I recomment to join the Salsa admin team.
> 
> To be honest - and to my suprise - we weren't involved in this
> discussions. We don't share any personal data and we won't do that.
> We share rough numbers (numbers of projects, users,
> groups, storage used), but we also do that regulary in talks (at least
> when there were real conferences). 
> 
> Alex - Salsa Admim
I was under the assumption the Salsa Team would somehow benefit from
this partnership in some way (technical help, extra resources, etc.),
but I guess it's not the case. Thanks for clarifying.

I'm not sure I understand what Debian has to gain from this "Partnership".

More media exposure? I don't think we really need it: the Publicity Team
was already doing a great job.

More money? Gitlab is a silver sponsor for DebConf21, but so are ARM,
Ubuntu, HRT, Two Sigma and Globo.

Although I'm happy Gitlab the git forge exists, Gitlab the enterprise
(Gitlab BV) is a for-profit, venture-capital backed entity. If we're OK
partnering with them for more exposure [1], why are we not partnering
with other similar enterprises?

DSA has been using Puppet forever to maintain their infrastructure. Why
not strike a partnership with them?

If anything, I think this muddies Debian's image more than promotes it.
Had Gitlab BV been a non-profit, I don't think this would've been a
problem to me.

:(

[1]: Clearly this is rhetorical, I'm not.

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#12416 — collaboration with Gitlab (was: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership)

Hi

El 26/7/21 a las 23:04, Louis-Philippe Véronneau escribió:
> On 2021-07-26 01 h 50, Alexander Wirt wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 07:59:26PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
>>> On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 06:19:37PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote:
>>>> Donald Norwood <donald@debian.org> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Debian and GitLab have been in discussion regarding an Open Source
>>>>> Partnership toward which we will jointly produce mutual promotions,
>>>>> shared stories, and announcements using both organizations press and/or
>>>>> publicity channels.
>>>       ...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Out of the blue, without any more context and content,
>>>
>>> ???
>>>
>>> "Debian" and "Gitlab" are speaking with each other
>>> since the very start of "Salsa".
>>>
>>>
>>>> I am not sure to be happy with this news.
>>>
>>> To me is the news  that "press" and "marketing" are more involved.
>>> Because I assume good faith, I allow meself to focus on other stuff
>>> in (Debian) life.
>>>
>>>  
>>>> To me, such a partnership is something quite stronger than sponsorship
>>>> and I'd be a bit ill-at-ease with it being done without the whole Debian
>>>> Members being consulted.
>>>
>>> Yes, a DD is allowed to represent the project.
>>>
>>>  
>>>> Last but not least, what kind of data would be shared regarding how we
>>>> use gitlab in Debian?
>>>
>>> Please give the (humble) Salsa admins time to elaborate.
>>> I have no insight information about "the data",
>>> but imagine (dull??) statistics on accounts, active accounts, projects,
>>> active projects.
>>> I do trust my fellow Debian Developers to deal wisely with it.
>>> For (gory??) details I recomment to join the Salsa admin team.
>>
>> To be honest - and to my suprise - we weren't involved in this
>> discussions. We don't share any personal data and we won't do that.
>> We share rough numbers (numbers of projects, users,
>> groups, storage used), but we also do that regulary in talks (at least
>> when there were real conferences). 
>>
>> Alex - Salsa Admim
> I was under the assumption the Salsa Team would somehow benefit from
> this partnership in some way (technical help, extra resources, etc.),
> but I guess it's not the case. Thanks for clarifying.
> 
> I'm not sure I understand what Debian has to gain from this "Partnership".
> 
> More media exposure? I don't think we really need it: the Publicity Team
> was already doing a great job.
> 
> More money? Gitlab is a silver sponsor for DebConf21, but so are ARM,
> Ubuntu, HRT, Two Sigma and Globo.
> 

I think we have a misunderstanding here. It's not a partnership between Debian and Gitlab, at least not from my point of view (and I'm member of the Debian partners team).
They sponsor DebConf21 at Silver level and Debian is listed as "Open Source Partner" in GitLab Commit 2021 (their conference). From this "partnership" (we used their word, probably we shouldn't have done it), we're publishing a micronews, and we're offered a virtual booth at their conference, that will happen if people works on it, as usual.

Apart from that, but related, GitLab contacted the DPL to see if we can share some "publicity" work; they are interested in publishing an article about how Debian uses Gitlab. We'll try to learn a bit more about their specific plans, our focus is to write it together so the Debian needs and perspective are on it (how we use their free software flavour, mention things that could help us as community, etc.). The idea is to gather the info already published  (on mailing list, talks) about Salsa and Salsa CI and contact these teams to get their views and requests, if any, to transmit them to GitLab (wether they appear in the article or not). This work has not started yet.

That's all. There is no formal partnership (Gitlab is not listed in www.debian.org/partners). The partners@ alias is CC'ed in the conversations to have the record of how the story started, for the case a partnership would be on the table in the future (we would need a longer collaboration record, also including other kind of support from their side at least).

Kind regards,

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https://wiki.debian.org/LauraArjona


> Although I'm happy Gitlab the git forge exists, Gitlab the enterprise
> (Gitlab BV) is a for-profit, venture-capital backed entity. If we're OK
> partnering with them for more exposure [1], why are we not partnering
> with other similar enterprises?
> 
> DSA has been using Puppet forever to maintain their infrastructure. Why
> not strike a partnership with them?
> 
> If anything, I think this muddies Debian's image more than promotes it.
> Had Gitlab BV been a non-profit, I don't think this would've been a
> problem to me.
> 
> :(
> 
> [1]: Clearly this is rhetorical, I'm not.
> 


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#12417 — Re: collaboration with Gitlab (was: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership)

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On 2021-07-26 17 h 55, Laura Arjona Reina wrote:
> Hi
> 
> El 26/7/21 a las 23:04, Louis-Philippe Véronneau escribió:
>> On 2021-07-26 01 h 50, Alexander Wirt wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 07:59:26PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 06:19:37PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote:
>>>>> Donald Norwood <donald@debian.org> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Debian and GitLab have been in discussion regarding an Open Source
>>>>>> Partnership toward which we will jointly produce mutual promotions,
>>>>>> shared stories, and announcements using both organizations press and/or
>>>>>> publicity channels.
>>>>       ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Out of the blue, without any more context and content,
>>>>
>>>> ???
>>>>
>>>> "Debian" and "Gitlab" are speaking with each other
>>>> since the very start of "Salsa".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I am not sure to be happy with this news.
>>>>
>>>> To me is the news  that "press" and "marketing" are more involved.
>>>> Because I assume good faith, I allow meself to focus on other stuff
>>>> in (Debian) life.
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>> To me, such a partnership is something quite stronger than sponsorship
>>>>> and I'd be a bit ill-at-ease with it being done without the whole Debian
>>>>> Members being consulted.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, a DD is allowed to represent the project.
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>> Last but not least, what kind of data would be shared regarding how we
>>>>> use gitlab in Debian?
>>>>
>>>> Please give the (humble) Salsa admins time to elaborate.
>>>> I have no insight information about "the data",
>>>> but imagine (dull??) statistics on accounts, active accounts, projects,
>>>> active projects.
>>>> I do trust my fellow Debian Developers to deal wisely with it.
>>>> For (gory??) details I recomment to join the Salsa admin team.
>>>
>>> To be honest - and to my suprise - we weren't involved in this
>>> discussions. We don't share any personal data and we won't do that.
>>> We share rough numbers (numbers of projects, users,
>>> groups, storage used), but we also do that regulary in talks (at least
>>> when there were real conferences). 
>>>
>>> Alex - Salsa Admim
>> I was under the assumption the Salsa Team would somehow benefit from
>> this partnership in some way (technical help, extra resources, etc.),
>> but I guess it's not the case. Thanks for clarifying.
>>
>> I'm not sure I understand what Debian has to gain from this "Partnership".
>>
>> More media exposure? I don't think we really need it: the Publicity Team
>> was already doing a great job.
>>
>> More money? Gitlab is a silver sponsor for DebConf21, but so are ARM,
>> Ubuntu, HRT, Two Sigma and Globo.
>>
> 
> I think we have a misunderstanding here. It's not a partnership between Debian and Gitlab, at least not from my point of view (and I'm member of the Debian partners team).
> They sponsor DebConf21 at Silver level and Debian is listed as "Open Source Partner" in GitLab Commit 2021 (their conference). From this "partnership" (we used their word, probably we shouldn't have done it), we're publishing a micronews, and we're offered a virtual booth at their conference, that will happen if people works on it, as usual.
> 
> Apart from that, but related, GitLab contacted the DPL to see if we can share some "publicity" work; they are interested in publishing an article about how Debian uses Gitlab. We'll try to learn a bit more about their specific plans, our focus is to write it together so the Debian needs and perspective are on it (how we use their free software flavour, mention things that could help us as community, etc.). The idea is to gather the info already published  (on mailing list, talks) about Salsa and Salsa CI and contact these teams to get their views and requests, if any, to transmit them to GitLab (wether they appear in the article or not). This work has not started yet.
> 
> That's all. There is no formal partnership (Gitlab is not listed in www.debian.org/partners). The partners@ alias is CC'ed in the conversations to have the record of how the story started, for the case a partnership would be on the table in the future (we would need a longer collaboration record, also including other kind of support from their side at least).
> 
> Kind regards,
> 

Thanks for the clarification, this makes much more sense to me now.

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#12419 — Re: collaboration with Gitlab (was: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership)

Hi Laura,

Em 26/07/2021 18:55, Laura Arjona Reina escreveu:
> 
> Apart from that, but related, GitLab contacted the DPL to see if we can share some "publicity" work; they are interested in publishing an article about how Debian uses Gitlab. We'll try to learn a bit more about their specific plans, our focus is to write it together so the Debian needs and perspective are on it (how we use their free software flavour, mention things that could help us as community, etc.). The idea is to gather the info already published  (on mailing list, talks) about Salsa and Salsa CI and contact these teams to get their views and requests, if any, to transmit them to GitLab (wether they appear in the article or not). This work has not started yet.

For future discussion with Gitlab staff, I would like to suggest 
partners team ask a discount for Gitlab certifications for DDs.

Best regards,

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Curitiba - Brasil
Debian Developer
Diretor do Instituto para Conservação de Tecnologias Livres
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#12422

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Geert Stappers <stappers@debian.org> writes:

> On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 06:19:37PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote:
>> Donald Norwood <donald@debian.org> writes:
>> 
>> > Dear all,
>> >
>> > Debian and GitLab have been in discussion regarding an Open Source
>> > Partnership toward which we will jointly produce mutual promotions,
>> > shared stories, and announcements using both organizations press and/or
>> > publicity channels.
>       ...
>> > 
>> 
>> Out of the blue, without any more context and content,
>
> ???
>
> "Debian" and "Gitlab" are speaking with each other
> since the very start of "Salsa".

Interacting on a technical aspect because we use gitlab is far from
promoting what Gitlab does.

>> I am not sure to be happy with this news.
>
> To me is the news  that "press" and "marketing" are more involved.
> Because I assume good faith, I allow meself to focus on other stuff
> in (Debian) life.

I also assume good faith. But Debian ang gitlab going on the promotion
path, even if done in good faith, is not necessarily something that
makes me happy.

>> To me, such a partnership is something quite stronger than sponsorship
>> and I'd be a bit ill-at-ease with it being done without the whole Debian
>> Members being consulted.
>
> Yes, a DD is allowed to represent the project.

I did not ask such a question, but rather expressed that Debian promoting
Gitlab would be something worth prodding the whole project, IMHO.

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#12403

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Hi Pierre,

On 7/25/21 12:19 PM, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote:
> 
> 
> Out of the blue, without any more context and content, I am not sure to
> be happy with this news.
> 
> To me, such a partnership is something quite stronger than sponsorship
> and I'd be a bit ill-at-ease with it being done without the whole Debian
> Members being consulted.
> 
> Last but not least, what kind of data would be shared regarding how we
> use gitlab in Debian?
> 
Apologies if you thought this was out of the blue, we are currently and
still in the process of bringing the awareness of the partnership to the
 community prior to the main announcement, but as with any news it is
about the timing of the message delivery.

Rest assured there were several hands on our side that went into the
initial discussions from Debian Partners to DebConf Sponsors, to the
DPL, and Press, all of us tasked with seeing things through that will
benefit the project.

We have many Partners[1] working with and helping to support Debian,
this particular partnership starts with each of us promoting each others
conferences, sponsorships, and then expanding the relationship forward
into the future with the other items mentioned.

The data sharing as I understand it is only toward a Case Study of how
Debian uses GitLab, it would be with information that we provide to them
on our use, selection, and goals. As more information about the Case
Study becomes available we will be sure to share it with the community.

[1]https://www.debian.org/partners/


Be well,

-Donald

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#12405

On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 08:23:21PM -0400, Donald Norwood wrote:
>...
> On 7/25/21 12:19 PM, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote:
> > 
> > Out of the blue, without any more context and content, I am not sure to
> > be happy with this news.
> > 
> > To me, such a partnership is something quite stronger than sponsorship
> > and I'd be a bit ill-at-ease with it being done without the whole Debian
> > Members being consulted.
> > ...
>
> Apologies if you thought this was out of the blue, we are currently and
> still in the process of bringing the awareness of the partnership to the
>  community prior to the main announcement, but as with any news it is
> about the timing of the message delivery.
> 
> Rest assured there were several hands on our side that went into the
> initial discussions from Debian Partners to DebConf Sponsors, to the
> DPL, and Press, all of us tasked with seeing things through that will
> benefit the project.
>...

Debian as a project actively promoting open core software would be quite 
a change since so far Debian was the major distribution pushing the most 
for a system with only free software as defined by the Debian Free 
Software Guidelines.

The Social Contract we all agreed to states that "Our priorities are our 
users and free software".

There are many developers, and also many companies some of them close to 
Debian, for whom fully free software is a mission.
Debian promoting a company with an open core business model is a slap 
in the face for many people.

Why has such a major change for the whole project not been discussed 
with all developers?

> Be well,
> 
> -Donald

cu
Adrian

BTW:
It is clear that open core software whose open source version is under a 
DFSG-free licence is welcome in Debian, users are free to use non-free
software on Debian, and mentioning sponsors at an appropriate place has
not been controversial.

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#12407

On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 09:13:53AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Debian as a project actively promoting open core software would be quite 
> a change since so far Debian was the major distribution pushing the most 
> for a system with only free software as defined by the Debian Free 
> Software Guidelines.

I agree. As long as we still ship installation DVDs that won't cleanly
install on the majority of end-user workstation hardware and even on a
sizeable portion of server hardware, call this a feature and dismiss the
working DVD image as "unofficial and not part of Debian proper" this
looks at least a bit skewed.

> There are many developers, and also many companies some of them close to 
> Debian, for whom fully free software is a mission.
> Debian promoting a company with an open core business model is a slap 
> in the face for many people.

Alone going for Gitlab as the software platform for Salsa was
problematic, but OK for me due to lack of a viable alternative.

Greetings
Marc

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#12408

Hi Marc

On 2021/07/26 12:05, Marc Haber wrote:
>> Debian as a project actively promoting open core software would be quite 
>> a change since so far Debian was the major distribution pushing the most 
>> for a system with only free software as defined by the Debian Free 
>> Software Guidelines.
>
> I agree. As long as we still ship installation DVDs that won't cleanly
> install on the majority of end-user workstation hardware and even on a
> sizeable portion of server hardware, call this a feature and dismiss the
> working DVD image as "unofficial and not part of Debian proper" this
> looks at least a bit skewed. 

Do you mind explaining your statement?

As far as shipping non-free software/firmware/drivers are concerned, the
Debian Free Software Guides and Social Contract is very explicit about
what we can do in what we call Debian. It's a very far stretch to
compare DFSG free software, which the upstream also has non-free
versions of, to including non-free software on any kind of installation
media.

-Jonathan

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#12410

On Mon, 2021-07-26 at 12:43 +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote:
> Do you mind explaining your statement?
> 
> As far as shipping non-free software/firmware/drivers are concerned,
> the Debian Free Software Guides and Social Contract is very explicit
> about what we can do in what we call Debian.

It is indeed very explicit about including non-free packages if
possible:

+---
| We encourage CD manufacturers to read the licenses of the packages in
| these areas and determine if they can distribute the packages on
| their CDs.
+---

I believe the licenses of most firmware should pose no problem for
their inclusion on Debian's CD images.

Ansgar

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