I agree.
On Dec 29, 9:13 pm, Kirby Turner <ki...@thecave.com> wrote:
> I read through the current draft of the organization charter and it
> seems like a great start. But parts of the Code of Conduct seem too
> restrictive especially for my situation. I am self-employed - been in
> business for just over 5 years. I recently discovered web2py and
> think its a great framework. Once I have gain some hands-on
> experience (I'm currently working on a couple of solutions for my
> company) I plan to promote it to my customers. So the "Organization"
> is of interested to me.
>
> To paraphrase parts of the Code of Conduct, the Code of Conduct
> applies to interaction between members and its customers and does not
> extend to customers of the employer unless the employer is willing to
> abide to the code of conduct. The member agrees to inform the
> Organization about his/her customers, and the member agrees to
> recommend and provide software solutions that are based on open
> standards and open source software technologies and are cross-
> platform. And the member agrees to inform the Organization about his/
> her customers.
>
> In my situation I'm both the employee and employer. The majority of
> my customers prefer I not share their names. In some cases this is
> even written into the contracts. And while I always recommend the
> best platforms/technologies for the customer's needs, which is more
> and more based on open source technologies, I do not always provide
> solutions that are cross-platform, based on open standards, or
> leverage open source technologies. Unfortunately there are times -
> more often then not - when my customer will control these types of
> decisions and those decisions would focus me to go against the Code of
> Conduct.
>
> So while I like the spirit of the Code of Conduct, I feel it might be
> too restrictive for my situation should I become a member of the
> "Organization".
>
> Possible solutions that might make the Code of Conduct sound less
> restrictive include:
>
> - Change wording from "The member agrees to recommend and provide" to
> something like "The member agrees to recommend and provide when
> possible".
>
> - Change "The member agrees to inform the Organization about his/her
> customers" to something like "The member agrees to inform the
> Organization about his/her customers, with approval from the customer,"
>
> Comments/thoughts?
>
> -KIRBY
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