On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:52:53 +0100, Guido Berhoerster wrote:
I was trying to point out that the reasoning behind taking part in this protest promoting a certain politica agenda (no matter how well intended) is rather arbitrary and the said slippery slope.
There's a question of degree of impact. I don't think it's very arbitrary and I think the 'slippery slope' argument gets a little tired, though I'm certainly one who uses it when it seems appropriate to me. If such a law were passed in, say, Guatemala (not that there is, I'm just picking up a small country that isn't 'front and center' on the world stage - to my knowledge - in this regard at the moment), it would be concerning (as it would be anywhere), but the degree of impact to the openSUSE project if it passed there would be relatively small. To ignore the relative impact and employ the 'slippery slope' argument along with absolutist "all or nothing" language misses the broader point. Things that impact the viability of the project *are* important to us all. And the board (at least in my view) is responsible for helping ensure the long-term viability of the project. I have an expectation that their focus is on that, and when they see something that's a threat to the project, I see it as one of their responsibilities to act on behalf of the project. That's not to say that I think they handled it perfectly. But that's the nature of things - you're not always going to have a perfect implementation, and you're not always going to have all the people involved in discussing/implementing that perhaps you'd like to have seen involved. Hindsight is always 20/20 and all that.
And I'm rather surprised the board is even entitled to make decisions about such matters which are at best peripherally related to openSUSE on behalf of the project.
For my own part, I'm glad they did. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org