Re: "Private Foundation-List" Petition for referendum

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On 12/14/2009 10:20 PM, Jonathan Corbet wrote:

> As long as GNOME is a project that matters, there will always be bozos
> who will post uneducated articles about what you are doing.  If your
> discussions are in the open, people who really care can see what was
> *really* said and help to keep those bozos (people like me) honest.  If
> you hide behind closed doors, the bozos get the last word.  Articles
> about GNOME will be less frequent, less accurate, and less likely to be
> corrected.  Is that really what you want?

When you put it that way, no, that's not what I want :).  I understand that 
there is value in keeping most discussions in the open.  I still see 
legitimate uses for a foundation-private list though.  For meta-discussions 
mostly.

behdad

> jon