On Tuesday 02 June 2015 14:24:43 Henne Vogelsang wrote:
Yes we do need to protect our nice club to some degree. We need to make sure that the direction we're going and the decisions we're taking are made by people who will suffer the consequences of them.
Technical decisions are taken by those who do the work, that's the old and proven open source mantra. No club needed for that. Some other decisions are taken by those who own the assets which the community needs, be it the trademark, the infrastructure, or the paid time of contributors. The club which is taking most of these decisions is SUSE. In some cases it still is good to have a well-defined group representing the community as a whole, that's where the membership comes in. But as this is not so much about taking decisions but more about representation there is not much to protect unless you want to stay exclusive, which I suppose we don't want to be. -- Cornelius Schumacher <cschum@suse.de> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org