X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=developer-duties.dbk;h=b2d375fd00bd676f7a3b8093ee7794cbb6cb4145;hb=a156f6b586bda36650d88e6ba2dd252e9968a0fe;hp=5b7f73d5501be4cf0aa9c9afa419373e2a6c8a99;hpb=c860a39ea13f7d552fc940a546b01be70c09b3a0;p=developers-reference.git diff --git a/developer-duties.dbk b/developer-duties.dbk index 5b7f73d..b2d375f 100644 --- a/developer-duties.dbk +++ b/developer-duties.dbk @@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ can be included there, so that you won't have to modify the sources of the next upstream version. Whatever changes you need, always try not to fork from the upstream sources. + +If you find that the upstream developers are or become hostile towards Debian +or the free software community, you may want to re-consider the need to +include the software in Debian. Sometimes the social cost to the +Debian community is not worth the benefits the software may bring. +