On 10/21/2010 06:20 AM, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote:
Le 20/10/2010 22:43, Simon Brouwer a écrit :
Op 20-10-2010 18:54, Rob Clement schreef:
I bring to the attention of this group an article from ZDNet and
wonder what others think of these events
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/oracle-purging-openofficeorg-community-council/7575?alertspromo=&tag=nl.rSINGLE
"And if that’s the case, then OpenOffice.org is no longer a community
endeavor, but entirely a corporate project."
Wrong conclusion. The OpenOffice.org community does not just consist
of the Community Council.
No, the conclusion is correct because the Community Council members
which are asked to resign are all elected by the Community.
Their leading position in TDF/LO and OOo might bring them into conflicts
of interest (see below), so it is a valid request to ask them to choose
in which project they want to take a lead. Contributing to LO/TDF is no
problem even for a council member (at the end every contributor to OOo
also contributes to LO as they will use our code as a stone pit ;-)),
but being a *lead* in both project most probably won't fit.
IMHO all people that currently have a lead in both projects should
answer these questions:
(1) If a member of the OOo community asks you, which of the projects
(s)he should support (if time does not permits to support both), what is
your answer?
(2) If users, organizations etc. will ask you, which product they shall
use, what is your answer?
(3) Developers ask you if they shall contribute to LO only or to both
projects, what is your answer? Or moreover, if a developer that
contributed to LO doesn't ask, do you suggest that he should contribute
to OOo also?
If the answer won't be "OOo, OOo, both/yes", I think that it is time to
step back from leading positions in the OOo community, as this would be
the answer that can be expected from a project lead or council member of
OOo. Everything else will create confusion or even frustration in our
community that will hurt it.
Besides that: I'm sure that we will see new elections for the community
council seats. So everything that happens there is only a temporary
constellation.
Regards,
Mathias
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Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer
OpenOffice.org Engineering at Oracle: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS
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