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. On the other hand, a poll before start the protest would be the better way, so next time they should do that. *But* sometimes right people have to the right things when the time's right ;-) -- Kim Leyendecker, openSUSE Wiki Team GPG Key: 664265369547B825 | leyendecker@opensuse.org http://www.opensuse.org - Linux for open minds -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org