> Even the obvious alternative (go do a fork...) is a practical > impossibility for the OGB - even though two members are > distro-creators in their own right, the OGB as the *OpenSolaris > Community Governing Board* doesn't have the resources, time or (IMHO) > moral right to hijack the community that Sun/Oracle chartered and > start up what would effectively be an organization that would compete > with Sun/Oracle in developing a Solaris derivitive...
No resources is a practical reason, but there should be no moral dilemma in forking, if Oracle/Sun is not playing their role in the partnership with the community. Partnership only works when and until there is a mutual trust. If the trust is lost - there is no point in pretending that it is still around. So "starting up what would effectively be an organization that would compete with Sun/Oracle" would not be a problem, if the partnership would be considered dissolved. It's not the community that initiated or intended this situation. It's up to Oracle to step up. If they keep silent - it shows that they have no interest in maintaining the partnership. Let's get real. Oracle had enough time to produce some clear position. Hillel. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
