On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Alvaro Lopez Ortega wrote: > > In this case, we were discussing how the rules were going to be > applied after a big number of people applied of (core) contributor > status - mainly from the whole JDS team.
As an outsider, I think that status in the project should be earned. Status in the project should be earned by submiting code, patches, formal test reports, and substantial detailed bug reports. As an "open" project it would be wrong for Sun employees to be granted official status simply because they are employees. Sun employees should earn status in the community like everyone else. If they want to be counted in this "open" project then they should be open about what they are doing so that their status is clearly earned. It may be that some Sun employees perform useful work but don't participate in this open community and therefore should not be afforded status in it. If OpenSolaris is not seen as an open project in which those outside Sun are not afforded equal respect (based on ability and contribution) to those inside Sun, then OpenSolaris will suffer compared with other free operating systems. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
