Re: "Private Foundation-List" Petition for referendum

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On 12/14/2009 10:51 PM, brendan wrote:
> Doesn't this undermines the values of the open source community? While
> where at making a private list for discussions, why not make the whole
> gnome project, closed source. The news we generate from such
> discussions, gives the gnome project public visibility that is needed
> for gnome to grow.
>
> The reason I love open source is that it open for ___anyone___ to
> participate in the community and allows for people to come up with ideas
> that "Foundation Members" never would of thought of. It's the whole
> point of open source.

Brendan,

I understand your stance and appreciate it.  But note that GNOME != GNOME 
Foundation.  We are not talking about closing GNOME to contributions from 
non-members, neither there is anything here about changing the licensing 
scheme.  My proposal is mostly about recognizing that some discussions are 
better done among contributors only, and not the public.  And only if a 
reasonable part of the community thinks that it's a good idea.

behdad


> Thanks
>
>
> Brendan
>
>
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> On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 20:49 -0500, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
> > [/me removes board hat]
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I like to ask for your support in my petition for referendum to make
> > foundation-list archives private and membership limited to actual Foundation
> > members.  If we make that change we would be able to discuss matters freely
> > without making lots of news that more often than not are harmful to our image
> > to the world in general.
> >
> > Please sign here:  http://live.gnome.org/PrivateFoundationListPetition
> >
> > We would need 35 to 40 signatures to put this to vote.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > behdad