I haven't seen any nastiness in this thread, but I have to agree to an
extent with C. Brewer's comments. If you are using a gentoo.org e-mail
address, you are obviously a dev, and are acting on behalf of Gentoo
itself - regardless of whether or not you preface you comment with
"These opinions are my own, not (necessarily) those of Gentoo." As a
developer, your opinions are a large part of what makes up Gentoo, and
so _do_ reflect on Gentoo as a whole. It seems being a developer should
carry some responsibility with it, without place for a "I only act like
a dev when I feel like it" attitude.
On the other hand, I don't mean to point any fingers in this specific
instance - especially not at Jon, who IMHO represents Gentoo well - but
there _are_ some devs out there who on occasion through bickering and
nasty remarks give _all_ Gentoo devs, and Gentoo itself, a bad name.
For most of us, it doesn't make the slightest difference whether or not
you add a "these are my own opinions" disclaimer. You're still a Gentoo
developer making a comment. A meaningless disclaimer doesn't change
that.
On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 22:40, Jon Portnoy wrote:
> > >
> > > I can put a "Opinions are my own and not those of Gentoo Linux or any
> > > other entity unless stated otherwise" disclaimer in my sig like I do on
> > > the forums if it's necessary.
> >
> > Being not the first time I've heard something along these lines, forgive me if
> > I am slightly skeptical. Opinions are your own, regardless of if they
> > coincide with Gentoo's. But as a person who is entitled to any opinion, nasty
> > or otherwise, while yet still at least partly responsible for steering the
> > distibution... where does the line get drawn? Do we take nasty responses as
> > merely personal opinion until a required number of devs have a similar view
> > on it, and then it's official?
>
> I'd like to think I'm frank about things rather than an asshole about
> things, in any case.
> ("But I thought you were Jon...")
>
> In all seriousness, I haven't seen anyone say anything especially
> inflammatory.
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