To me, the best thing that you guys can do is first define "Who do you
want to target?" Why? because it is the best decision that will show
you what you want. Something that I can envy from Ubuntu, for example,
is the fact that they always wanted that "human connection" with their
users. They displayed this in all areas in marketing and I think it
still sells well. I believe openSUSE is a tool that helps power users
primarily but has lost the feel of what it is like to have newcomers
in their distribution.
Many may fear that because you take a more "novice" approach to the
desktop, that it will take away from the ability that power users have
to use the distribution. But to me the matter is more simple. Power
users will be more comfortable if they use openSUSE that has a more
minimalistic and simpler approach to the desktop because that way,
They will be able to focus more on the tasks that they are performing
rather than devising ways to customize the desktop to their needs, and
things like that.
Please, remember that there is hidden potential within the novice
users you can attract to openSUSE.
Andy
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Hi all,
Your strategy team has been working hard, as promised, to incorporate the
comments you have all given over the last few months into a new document. That
document aims to describe where openSUSE stands right now, what users we
target, what we are doing. Who we are has been covered pretty decently in the
current community statement and now we would like to present you with what
users we target.
While you can all give us your input in the usual way (commenting on
news.opensuse.org, replying on the openSUSE mailinglists, on the forums and in
private mail or IM), we have decided to make use of another commenting
platform which is much more suited for a discussion like the one we are
having. This is called co-ment, a pretty awesome commenting tool under the
Affero GPL. We would like to ask you to give your input on the document there
instead of in the other channels so the discussion will be more structured and
easier for everyone to follow. Select some text you want to comment on (a
word, a few words, a sentence) and choose the little yellow + sign on the top-
left to add your comment. If you click a colored section of the text, you can
see the comments which have been made on it and add your own. Easy peasy!
You can find the document here [2]. And for reference here [3] the openSUSE
Strategy portal on the wiki. Please have fun!
Greetings,
Your strategy team
References:
[1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Strategy_Community_Statement
[2] https://lite.co-ment.com/text/lNPCgzeGHdV/view/
[3] http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Strategy
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Last years election of seats for the openSUSE board showed that our election
rules are not complete. So, before the elections this year start, I propose
that we refine the rules and like to start with this post a discussion on how
to change them.
I see the following situations not handled:
* Less candidates than seats for a category (Novell/non-Novell)
* Equal number of candidates and open seats for a category (Novell/non-
Novell)
* a board member resigning
* a board member disappearing and not engaging in the board
* a board member getting hired by Novell or leaves Novell
We also need to clarify when the new board constitutes.
We should have a light weight process that is not overly complex and results
in endless votes. We vote for people that volunteer their time for the
openSUSE project and don’t get any material benefits for it. So, let’s keep
that in mind when discussing alternatives.
Also, currently the board has five elected seats (three non-Novell and two
Novell) that get elected, so it could be that we have enough non-Novell
candidates but not enough Novell ones etc. To make this text easier, I will
not mention this everytime.
I have a first proposal before discussing the situations: The board should be
allowed to appoint people to board seats until the next board constitutes.
The alternative would be to have a special election when a seat becomes empty.
I fear that this just overly complicates the process.
New rule: Appointment: In case that board seats will get appointed, they get
appointed by the board. Appointed seats are only appointed until the next
election. The board can appoint also non-Novell folks on Novell seats and
vice-versa.
I suggest also to not only have self-nominations but that people can nominate
others – and the election officials will then ask the nominated person whether
they stand up for election.
New rule: Nominations: The election officials will take self-nominations,
nominations by others and can nominate people for election. The election
officials will contact the nominated people and ask them whether they stand
for election.
Insufficient Nominations:
This is a sorry state since it means that not enough openSUSE members are
willing to volunteer for the board. In that case, the board should appoint
people to join the board and it can put Novell employees on non-Novell seats
and vice-versa. With the next election, the seat distribution would be fixed
again.
New rule: Insufficient Nominations: If there are fewer nominees for elected
Board seats than required to fill all seats, than the board will appoint these
remaining seats.
The question remains what to do with the candidates that volunteer, let’s
handle them in the next case:
Equal number of candidates and seats
One option here is to just declare the candidates as new board members. This
would be the simplest process.
In other situations, you have a vote of confidence where people give a yes/no
vote for the candidates.
One suggestion is a yes/no/abstain vote for the candidates and a candidate
needs more yes than no votes to be elected. If somebody does not get elected,
the seat gets appointed (see insufficient nominations).
Since it could happen that one category has enough nominations but not the
other, the voting would be different for both categories and this makes the
whole process complicated. So, I suggest to change the rule to have just more
than 50 per cent yes votes.
New rule: Equal number of candidates of seats: If there is an equal number of
candidates and seats, voting occurs as normal but each candidate needs to have
more than 50 per cent yes votes. In case that seats do not get elected, the
board will appoint them.
Board member resigning
The board should appoint somebody.
New rule: Resigning: If a board member resigns, the board should appoint a new
board member.
Removal of board member
This is something that’s not covered yet as well. What happens if a member
disappears virtually? Or what if a board member goes wild?
New rule: Removal: In the event of repeated absence without contact, or other
serious misconduct or negligence, a Board member may be subject to removal.
Before any other process occurs, the Board member in question will be
personally contacted by the chairperson to try to resolve the situation. If
this contact does not successfully resolve the situation, the Board member in
question may be removed by unanimous vote of the other members of the Board.
The board should appoint a new board member.
Getting hired by Novell or leaves Novell
The elected seats are currently either Novell employee seats or non-Novell
employee seats. Should a board member resign if he gets fired or hired by
Novell? IMO the board should stay functional, the seat was elected. So,
again let’s use a pragmatic approach:
New rule: Change of employment: The board member will continue to stay
in the board until the end of the term and the next election the distribution
of seats gets fixed again.
Constitution
There was some confusion when the new term starts, let’s rectify it.
New rule: Constitution: A new board term should start on the first of January,
the elections should be finished 14 days before. In the case of delays, the
new board will start 7 days after the election results are published.
Amendment
How can we change the rules? Should the election officials be in charge of
them or the board itself? As member of the election officials for the 2009
board election, I propose this change but I suggest that anybody can propose
changes but that the board has the final say on them.
New rule: Amendment: Changes by the election rules can be done by vote of the
board where 2/3s approve including the chairperson.
So, once there’s consensus about my changes, I propose that the board approves
them as stated in the Changes of elections.
Conclusion
The current openSUSE Board election rules are available in the wiki.
Did I miss any case in the elections? What would you differently than I
proposed?
Btw. I read the Fedora guidelines on Board elections and also read also what
Jono Bacon wrote in “The Art of community management” on governance.
Published also via:
http://lizards.opensuse.org/2010/08/25/revising-the-board-election-rules/
Andreas
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Today we continue with public discussions about strategy proposals, this time
with the "Status quo" strategy proposal:
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== Statement ==
We deliver a well-balanced GNU/Linux platform for modern computers
(workstation, laptop, netbook, server) that equally appeals to end users,
power users, developers and server/network infrastructure administrators. It
shall protrude professionally and let the user be productive.
== Background ==
This strategy tries to quantify what we tried to do in the past — as it was
not written down earlier.
So, this is what most users expect from openSUSE today, but does not give a
vision for change looking forward.
In the context of other distributions, we differentiate ourselves from Ubuntu
targeting the newbie and further differentiate from Fedora being experimental
bleeding edge — instead we pick "the middle ground".
== Key ideas ==
* Creation of a general purpose distribution that
** anyone can use without too much effort
** is known for good quality (stable and usable but neither outdated nor
bleeding edge)
** has good and sane defaults so the user can do what s/he wants to do
** has programs that work out of the box
** focused on modern hardware and their use cases (workstations, laptops,
netbooks and servers)
** is targeted towards end users, but is reasonably equally usable for other
workloads
* Critical analysis of hyped items before inclusion
== Activities ==
=== We need to be excellent in the following ===
* Do as we always did! That is,
** good compromise between actuality and stability
** agreeable release cycle of 8 months
** support for the three most recent releases
* Supporting our target customers
** End users:
*** Delivering multiple desktops, focusing on both GNOME and KDE
*** Focus on providing tools for being productive and creative (IDEs, editors,
authoring tools, graphics manipulation, office productivity, etc.)
** Developers:
*** Development environments for especially C, C++, Perl, Python, Java, Ruby:
IDEs, tools and support libraries
** Power users and system administrators:
*** Providing admin tools that are powerful yet (reasonably) easy
*** Agreeable command line experience
*** Virtualization technique, e.g. KVM, Xen
*** Standard networking services
* Continue the naturally growth of openSUSE:Factory by incorporating
contributors' submissions.
=== We will try to do the following effectively ===
* Innovate and keep up with latest upstream developments.
* Include a more minimalistic desktop environment.
* Provide a low entry barrier for potential contributors. With the openSUSE
Build Service, it is easier to make contributions than any other Linux
distribution to date.
* Offer easy creation of specialized install media (appliances) through SUSE
Studio.
* Good presentation and marketing, in particular communicating our existing
strengths and unique features (i.e. competitive advantages).
* The usual niceties: speed, less bloat, possibility of minimality.
=== As project, we will not focus on the following ===
(fill in if exists)
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Hello,
I wish I took away a doubt:
I created a version of the openSUSE suseStudio, called "Iguana". It's
ready, but not yet publicly launched why not have a license (EULA).
The Iguana has packages that are not GPL (Skype, Java, flash, mp3).
My question is: Can I launch without a EULA?
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Hi Andrew,
I was reading the LGPL, I think it will serve, but some softwares,
such as Skype, say in their EULA that is not allowed to import or
export your software. See
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/legal/eula/#license_restr , point 2.2
Thanks!
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 15:08, Andrew Joakimsen <joakimsen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> You need to look at the non-GPL license software and see if they allow
> redistribution. Don't worry about any GPL linking B
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I've started to collect some references that could be relevant for our
openSUSE community.
As the Community statement states, we'd like to have a friendly, welcoming,
vibrant, and active community - and grow it. openSUSE is a unique community
project. Communities seems to be one of the web 2.0 buzz words and therefore a
lot gets written about how to create and keep a lively and healthy community.
Some of that is relevant for openSUSE as well. This page collects - mainly
links - to information about community projects and their best practices. The
goal is a reference for those that like to look beyond our own openSUSE
community to learn from others.
The URL is:
http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Community_references
Remy already polished and added stuff and I'd like you to invite updating the
page - and using it,
Andreas
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