[Hamara-devel] BOSS is back ?? Seems like Yes !

[Amey Abhyankar]

On 22 September 2015 at 15:38, Vikas Tara <vik at hamaralinux.org> wrote:

> On 22/09/15 15:33, Pirate Praveen wrote:
>
> [Adding Vikas from Hamara]
>
> Vik,
> May be Hamara team also can join if such a session happens.
>
> Absolutely - in the end we all benefit from these development efforts,
> particularly if we can all push our changes upstream to debian.
>

'Debian Derivatives' mailing list which may be useful to Hamara Linux
developers =  https://lists.debian.org/debian-derivatives/

I would like to encourage Hamara Linux developers to keep posting
updates/queries at above mailing list.

Regards,
Amey.

Now back to 'BOSS'. Found 1 interesting short communication thread at this
ML from back in Dec 2014 =
https://lists.debian.org/debian-derivatives/2014/12/msg00014.html

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> On २२ सप्टेंबर, २०१५ २:१४:३५ [PM] IST, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk>
> <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
>>
>> Hi BOSS Linux and others,
>>
>> [cc'ing Prema S. as formal C-DAC contact at Debian census page]
>>
>> Quoting Amey Abhyankar (2015-09-22 08:25:27)
>>>
>>>  On 22 September 2015 at 11:23, BOSS Linux <bosslinux.cdac at gmail.com> <bosslinux.cdac at gmail.com>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  BOSS is officially a part of Debian Derivatives
>>>
>>>
>>>  Fantastic!
>>
>>
>> Yup.  I fully agree it is great that BOSS is based on Debian (which is
>> no news - BOSS was based on Debian also last I checked 4 years ago too),
>> and even greater to learn that it is still actively maintained.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>  -Can some1 add
>>> information about BOSS here? I don't have access to
>>>  edit this page = http://www.debian.org/misc/children-distros
>>
>>
>> There's info here: https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/BOSSlinux
>>
>> That page is used also by automated tools, so edit with caution.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>  and the Official BOSS  releases for public domain contains packages
>>>>  ONLY from main section of Debian and thus there is no question of
>>>>  "suing" for any reason.
>>>
>>>
>> I fully agree there's no reason to sue¹ BOSS here.  But it is incorrect
>> that public accessible BOSS is a
>> Debian Pure Blend - some parts are not
>> pristine Debian packages but derived.  To take an example, the package
>> "alacarte" was patched to include Kashmiri languages: http://deriv.debian.net/BOSSlinux/patches/a/alacarte/alacarte_0.13.2-1_alacarte_0.13.2-1boss2.patch
>>
>> During my brief visit to India in 2011 I met with C-DAC and we discussed
>> ways to improve relationship with Debian.  C-DAC then sent 3 of their
>> developers to our MiniDebconf in Mangalore with few days notice, and
>> sponsored my travel costs while in India (I met with students in
>> Hyderabad, Mengaluru and Bengaluru).
>>
>> Sadly those developers left the company few months after our meetings,
>> as far as I heard, and C-DAC and I didn't keep in touch in other ways.
>>
>> Would C-DAC perhaps be interested in a renewed effort to work closer?
>>
>> My girlfriend and I will likely visit India at the end on 2015, this
>> time with specific aim of collaborating closely with Debian derivatives.
>>
>> Would C-DAC be interested in e.g. hosting Siri and me in Chennai in two
>> weeks of december to work for 2 weeks directly with BOSS developers?
>> Would other Debian enthusiasts happen to be in or near Chennai at the
>> time and be interested in attending such work sessions or some of them?
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>>  - Jonas
>>
>>
>> ¹ I agree also with others in this thread that an eventual lawsuit would
>> be for copyright holders to consider: Debian mainly distributes code of
>> others and hold copyright only for small pieces like the installer.
>>
>> ² Sadly for C-DAC - as I was told the developers themselves were excited
>> about their new opportunities.
>>
>>
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