Hi all, >From time to time (usually during flamewars) the issue of potential conflicts of interests sometimes comes up in various places in our around our community.
I wish to first state that I have never felt that any Debian contributor that I know has ever acted against the best interests of the project. I have no personal concerns about conflicts of interest with any of my Debian colleagues. However in the interests of transparency I feel that a voluntary, opt-in "Register of Interests" is a good idea for the project. I feel that such a list (populated) would demonstrate the transparency and openness that are part of our project's values. To that end I sat down just now to create it. Unfortunately wiki.d.o appears to have died whilst I was doing so. Here's the wiki text that I will be submitting at my next opportunity: > This is a voluntary, opt-in register of Debian contributor's "Interests" > (such as: employer). > > On occasion the issue of a conflict of interest is raised within the project, > especially around topics with many differing or passionate views. The > intention of this list is for those who agree to clearly indicate any > potential "Interest" that they may have, for transparency. > > The following people have added themselves to this list. No-one should assume > that the presence or absence of a person from this list implies any conflict > of interest or misconduct within Debian. > > || '''User''' || '''Interest''' || '''From''' || '''Until''' || > || JonDowland || Red Hat || 2015 || - || -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Jonathan Dowland ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://jmtd.net ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ Please do not CC me, I am subscribed to the list.
