Patrick Finch a écrit : > Yes, this project clearly comes from Ian and with Jonathan's blessing. > But how little association with the organisation that founded the > OpenSolaris community would the originator of the proposal require in > order for it to be a community project? Is Sun disqualified as an > OpenSolaris community member? Is Canonical disqualified from the Ubuntu > community? Red Hat from Fedora?
No, it's not disqualified, of course. But Sun is taking a posture that shows that "all Community members are equals, but Sun is more equal than the others", to paraphrase Orwell. And Sun can change the rules if the ones that were established do not fit the current PR plan. > Do the other distros feel penalised by this? (Genuine question). I > think many of us wanted to have a distro with the name OpenSolaris, and > that now it is a possibility, and that the community is very welcome to > join in the definition, creation and use of it. If that is to the > disadvantage of others and it is considered that Sun has acted in bad > faith, I agree that is serious. But I don't think that is the case. I can't answer for them. But I know that I'm educating people around me about what OpenSolaris is by its current definition. And it's obvious that if there were a distro called OpenSolaris, they would never look any further. > Well, like many others here, I do the former and I don't think we're > talking about adapting the whole project, You are trying to change its very definition. I translated it, and its FAQ, so I'm quite sure about how the OpenSolaris Project is currently defined, in two languages. > but rather adding to it by > answering the demand that we have encountered for a specific binary distro. The demand from people that pretended they couldn't find the download link? I've seen some posts and pointers to blogs that weren't exactly accurate in their description of the difficulty to get a distro. They *are* there. Already. Right Now. So why eclipse them with a new one? > I understand, and can see that for you this is a question of principle. Yes, but it's practical as well. If Sun seems to tighten its grip again on OpenSolaris, it won't look good, after all the talk on freedom and all. And it will alienate long-time Solaris enthusiasts. Laurent -- / Leader de Projet & Communauté | I'm working, but not speaking for \ G11N http://fr.opensolaris.org | Bull Services http://www.bull.com / FOSUG http://guses.org | _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
