Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (67 mails)

["Gustavo Zapico @ NETAVANZA" <g.zapico@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thumbs up!

El mié, 04-07-2007 a las 20:56 +0200, jdd escribió:
> Martin Lasarsch wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here is the next version of the guiding principles, the 2nd draft. 
> > Cornelius 
> > fixed some bugs and changed other stuff from your feedback.
> >
> > I guess it makes sense to start a new thread, the old one is at 
> > http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2007-05/msg00208.html
> > If this is new for you, i suggest to read also the old thread.
> >
> > It's also available on the wiki: http://en.opensuse.org/Guiding_Principles
> >
> > Let's discuss the new version ...
>
> We are...
>
> * the openSUSE community (this must come first!!!!!)
> (....)
>
> "integrate, polish, document,
> distribute, maintain and support the world's best Linux..."
>
> add "what we think is" (the world's best...) the original statement is 
> excessively arrogant. I beg most distrib devs tink the same of they 
> very own distro... the same assertion in the other parts don't have to 
> change, they are not so direct
>
> their indiviudal goals (typo)
>
> the problem is that the only really important passage is:
>
> "Novell maintains and releases the openSUSE distribution"
>
> I think a hudge thinking should happen in Novell's side, understanding 
> than no single sponsored system can be seen as independant (and can be).
>
> so the sentence should be written:
>
> "At present time, Novell maintains and releases the openSUSE 
> distribution. The openSUSE community, including Novell, is seeking for 
> other sponsors, able to give it more independance and survival garanty"
>
> and big companies (Novells partners, IBM, HP...) should be contacted, 
> asking for help. This help could be done, for example, providing some 
> devs, some server space and rewarded by a seat in an extended board. 
> This could be a nearly free option for these companies (simply 
> sligthly change some of they devs objectives, the ones that already 
> work for Linux)
>
> think at the problems the new GPL3 will create with Novell/microsoft 
> agreement. If Novell was _not_ the only openSUSE support, the problem 
> would be definitively minor.
>
> jdd
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