| 27 Apr 2024 |
 Eelco | In reply to @erincandescent:fairydust.space
If the board wishes to just be a legal and fiscal vehicle - i.e. if it's members wish to be pure bureaucrats (and this is a very reasonable position to take; and indeed it's a job that needs going and is much appreciated), then perhaps it would be a good idea for it to explicitly delegate it's powers to a community function wherever possible, reserving just those it needs to explicitly protect itself; as opposed to the current situation where it is responsible for deciding every aspect of policy The board doesn't decide every aspect of policy, in fact the only real policy we have so far is the sponsorship policy, and that only arose because we're helping with the financial side of NixCon. So there really isn't much power to delegate to the community, because we don't have those powers in the first place. | 10:13:45 |
 nat-418 | In reply to @nat-418:nat-418.xyz
I see Determinate Systems as a VC-funded, for-profit fork of Nix (in the broader sense). It seems to me that by having an alternate installer, alternate documentation, an alternate community, &c. that promotes an alternate experimental technology (flakes), DetSys seeks to establish itself as a commercial alternative Nix ecosystem. My understanding was that your recent blog post invited Nix community members to join the DetSys community. If I am wrong, then I am more than willing to be corrected. I sincerely appreciate your work and willingness to answer questions. Eelco: is this ^ understanding of Determinate Systems wrong in your view? | 10:15:33 |
| nat-418 | In reply to @nat-418:nat-418.xyz
I see Determinate Systems as a VC-funded, for-profit fork of Nix (in the broader sense). It seems to me that by having an alternate installer, alternate documentation, an alternate community, &c. that promotes an alternate experimental technology (flakes), DetSys seeks to establish itself as a commercial alternative Nix ecosystem. My understanding was that your recent blog post invited Nix community members to join the DetSys community. If I am wrong, then I am more than willing to be corrected. I sincerely appreciate your work and willingness to answer questions. * Eelco: is this ^ understanding of Determinate Systems relationship to Nix wrong in your view? | 10:15:46 |
| nat-418 | In reply to @nat-418:nat-418.xyz
I see Determinate Systems as a VC-funded, for-profit fork of Nix (in the broader sense). It seems to me that by having an alternate installer, alternate documentation, an alternate community, &c. that promotes an alternate experimental technology (flakes), DetSys seeks to establish itself as a commercial alternative Nix ecosystem. My understanding was that your recent blog post invited Nix community members to join the DetSys community. If I am wrong, then I am more than willing to be corrected. I sincerely appreciate your work and willingness to answer questions. this relationship | 10:19:05 |
