"Novell provides the openSUSE community with the resources to maintain and release the openSUSE distribution." This sounds good; however, if Novell provides a chair-person with veto authority, and if Novell as a corporation has a controlling interest in the
On Wednesday 23 May 2007 10:55, Juergen Weigert wrote: project, that fact should be made as plain as possible. Also, a very good point was made with regards to public trust... that is, the public is more likely to embrace a distro with paid developers... as silly as that is... just as a matter of perception; although, I do like the above wording--- sounds empowering. As I read through the draft two questions came to mind. The sad fact of the matter is that several (a limited few) of the "members" of the opensuse community participating with this project are rather foul-mouthed obnoxious barbarians. (not at all the friendly folks described in the Guiding Principles). I am finding it difficult to believe that the Novell corporation is tolerating the foul demeanor of those participants if in fact they are Novell employees. If they are not Novell employees, then why not moderate the language and attitudes of participants according to the Guiding Principles? I trust that this is one of the overall goals for the Guiding Principles. The second concern is that this document should contain a section which spells out the communication channels, netiquette, terms of use (and so forth), so that there is no ambiguity regarding operational protocol. This should also include proper forms of mutual respect including language, personal attack, name-calling and the like. I realize that that level of detail probably goes "beyond" guiding principles; however, if participants can spend their time working, testing, authoring, supporting, answering questions--- instead of constantly bickering and squabbling regarding proper protocol or attitude-- this is probably the best overall guiding principle. The Guiding Principles is a really good discussion draft. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org