Re: What do you think of the foundation?

[Glynn Foster <Glynn Foster Sun COM>]

On 31/05/2009, at 11:28 AM, Glynn Foster wrote:

> On 31/05/2009, at 6:53 AM, Philip Van Hoof wrote:
> > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Waugh#Criticism
>
> I'm rather stunned by this entry. I don't believe Jeff deserves this  
> treatment, nor do I think it's a healthy thing to encourage (a quick  
> browse through various other GNOME contributors shows that this  
> seems to be an isolated case, fortunately). It's all very well to  
> have personal issues with people [1], but this takes it a step too  
> far. We as a community should be celebrating each member's  
> achievements (particularly those who have been continuously  
> supportive of the project) and not harming the chances of their  
> employment from prospective employers. I've removed this section  
> from the wikipedia entry.

I'm not blaming Philip here - I know he wasn't responsible for the  
page's content. I think it's an important point to be made though, and  
as with the Code of Conduct it's important to be aware of how we  
portray ourselves to the external community. I agree with what's been  
said before, GNOME has a really great reputation of having some smart  
folks involved with strong positive and constructive input. Let's keep  
that going and play the issue not the people.


Glynn