Garrett D'Amore wrote: > > I confess... I'm still confused why this needs further discussion. > You've made it clear that you think the board needs to slap someone's > hand. What's not clear to me is what possible beneficial thing you > think might come of it. > > The problem was resolved, an apology given, and a promise made by the > offender (who is speaking on Sun's behalf, IIUC) not to repeat it again. > > What else do you hope to achieve? What further good can come of > anything that the OGB might do? > > Look at it this way. There are either two cases: > > a) Sun intentionally made changes without following the process, and > knew that it was not following the process when it did so. > > or, > > b) The change was made without understanding the process, or perhaps > without understanding the ramifications of bypassing the process. > > As I see it, it doesn't matter which holds true; in the first case any > commentary the OGB might make will probably just be ignored by > whatever exec(s) blessed the action (except perhaps to drive whatever > wedge might exist between Sun execs and the community leadership still > further). If the second case is true, then whatever commentary the > OGB might make at this point would merely be redundant. (But still > might also antagonize Sun exec leadership.) > > I believe that the dispute resolution process worked ... the dispute > in question was resolved. Whatever motives may or may not have been > behind the dispute are, IMO, immaterial. > > Unless of course, your sole purpose is to antagonize Sun's > leadership. In which case, go ahead, but I hope (and trust) the board > is wise enough to see the folly in rabble rousing for it its own sake. I'd like to think that slapping the right hand would maybe convince that executive to stop pulling these sorts of stunts in the future. Just like in any legal/justice system, there have to be penalties for bad behaviour, otherwise there is no incentive to behave well. This is why people don't just get to say "I'm sorry" after stealing a car and going for a joyride and bringing it back unharmed.
Sitting back and doing nothing is, in essence, condoning such behaviour... which only presents the image that the OGB, and the OpenSolaris Community by extension, is really just a front for whatever Sun wants to do. If, on the other hand, we want to make OpenSolaris.org into a site purely for the development of OpenSolaris, the binary distribution offered by Sun Microsystems - then that's fine. Let's pursue that, and get that out in the open with a clear mission and charter. We don't need a governing board for that, and we certainly don't need *this* governing board since we weren't setup with that charter. cheers, steve -- stephen lau | stevel at opensolaris.org | www.whacked.net
