A few notes/reactions from the talks I attended today from the very, very back of the room. (AKA the skivvies and/or backyard track.)

(titular story by Connie Willis)

DPL talk

FYI, I raised my hand when Sledge asked for a show of hands. :`-(

MANCOOSI

(Is aptitude's dependency resolver deterministic?)

wiki

I doubt that trying to get the whole wiki licensed under a specific license is a good use of time. Since the wiki is not a package that we ship, but is instead a ad-hoc collection of many documents, and many conversations, I also don't see the point of a single consistent license, or any reason to be bothered by content whose license is not specified.

Be very wary of anything that makes contributing to the wiki require jumping through more legal hoops than it takes to contribute to lists.debian.org or bugs.debian.org. Chilling effects can work both ways.

method diffusion in free software projects

Most interesting talk today. Was hoping for some results, but not disappointed. (Yak shaving!)

user and NM surveys

Looked like most DDs in the audience hadn't heard of the survey?

SPI

Nice numbers and more big projects than I'd thought.

Avoided being locked in room, so still not a SPI member. ;-)