Le 27/07/2012 07:46, Robert O'Callahan a écrit :
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Samuel Sidler <[email protected]>wrote:
If they're going to use Mozilla's name, I think yes. It reflects
incredibly poor on Mozilla and hurts its reputation.
Perhaps so. However, in this case I can't tell that Mozilla's name was used
in any way beyond the statement of biographical fact that the speaker is
currently a Mozilla employee.
I appreciate that such nuances are likely to be lost in the brutish
discourse of the Internet.
From a purely reputation perspective, imagine that after the Forbes
article, some other article is released saying "Mozilla trains hackers
to unlock your door" and everyone picks it up. Then, if Mozilla has an
official Responsible Disclosure policy, it leaves room to do an official
PR we the following structure:
1) "We have a Responsible Disclosure policy that we expect our employees
to follow"
2) [explain what Responsible Discloure is]
3) Explain how the specific accusations are false on that basis
If the Mozilla name is associated and it turns into a bad buzz, having
the policy is a good way to defend. If Mozilla has no such policy,
Mozilla can still make an official statement, but probably weaker.
Besides the pure reputation perspective, that would be a good idea (if
it isn't the case already).
David
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