On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Dave Johnson <dave.johnson.inqu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > This is how Oracle treats open communities and projects. Will OGB intervene?
While I have not been following this soap opera in excruciating detail, my reading of the ARC discussions was that the ksh-93 project to replace existing GNU utilities with ksh-wrapper AST based versions that were not completely compatible and that would not track future evolution of the GNU utilities was withdrawn for good architectural reasons. Since the ARC case was not approved, it follows that repo putback access for that part of the project would also be withheld - a standard ON procedural action that applies to everyone: No approved ARC case, no putback. To answer your question: Will the OGB intervene? The constitution says (note the first sentence): ==== 3.1 Disputes It is expected and encouraged that groups will resolve disputes by themselves according to their documented decision-making procedures. If a dispute can not be resolved within a group or it spreads between groups, then the Governing Board may choose to intervene. The Board will consider disputes on a case-by-case basis and may decline to intervene. If the Board chooses to intervene, it will resolve the issue at its absolute discretion with no possibility of appeal. Its resolution will be binding on all parties. ==== Given this understanding (which may be flawed, but your posts do nothing to show that it is), this all smells like an overly emotional early Monday morning troll; I see no reason for the OGB to get involved. -John _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
