On Jueves, 19 de Enero de 2012 15:35:05 K. Dennis Leyendecker escribió:
On 19.01.2012 10:02, Per Jessen wrote:
What we need to know now is - where do one go to make a motion of no confidence? Well, perhaps a bit strong, but it does seem that a few people feel that the board has overstepped its mandate in this case. I certainly don't see "political activism" listed under "Governance":
http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Guiding_principles
Perhaps we can look a bit beyond the SOPA issue, and discuss whether the openSUSE project should be actively engaging itself in political matters (of any kind)? My opinion is quite clear - if we as individuals want to help further a political agenda, there are other and better ways of doing it. If however we want to help build the openSUSE Linux distribution, this is what the openSUSE project does - and nothing else.
Well, I bet with you that the same people, who are now complaining that the board made this decision would also complain about it, if the board didn't start the protest.
+1 Sure. Complaints will come every single time. Favor or Counter. Politics and Politicians are not always the same. Politic positions are natural to human in any culture to solve ambigous situations. Politicians make money with ambiguity and power circles.
On the other hand, a poll before start the protest would be the better way, so next time they should do that.
Please, don't do that. It takes too much time to collect opinions on surveys and much more organize collected data. Moreover, it was a critical decission less than 24 hours before strike starting. Can you figure asking to the whole community if they agree or disagree to go into strike? This particular action against SOPA and PIPA and anyone laws wich make a big flaw in security and open free sources and culture is a community issue too. We are not politicians just citizen of the world defending our freedom and spaces.
*But* sometimes right people have to the right things when the time's right ;-)
Completely agreed. Best wishes, -- Ricardo Chung | Panama Ambassador openSUSE Project -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org