On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:30 PM, W. Trevor King <wk...@tremily.us> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 09:58:32PM +0100, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote: >> https://www.ohloh.net/orgs/gentoo > > I'm not a dev, and I haven't really been following this thread, but > all the other organization summaries start out with something like > > Organization X is … > > not > > In order to sustain the current quality … > > Perhaps it would be worth rewriting to start with > > The Gentoo Foundation is …
Yeah, that was my thought as well. The text was lifted from our charter, which was apparently written from a problem/solution standpoint rather than something that would be less time-bound. It doesn't really make sense having the organization description written as if it describes something that doesn't yet exist. Gleaning from the same document, but in a more positive way, how about: The Gentoo Foundation protects the intellectual property of the Gentoo community, supports Gentoo Development, and oversees adherence to the Gentoo social contract. It oversees all legal aspects of the Gentoo community, so that developers are free to advance the technical goals of Gentoo. The Gentoo Foundation keeps four pillars in mind: 1. Gentoo provides choices 2. Gentoo is open 3. Gentoo lives for the community, by the community 4. Gentoo is independent Rich
