Randall R Schulz wrote:
I think the question is what you think "open" means in this context. Novell owns the SuSE trademark and the distribution. It's up to them to run the project as they see fit.
yes and no. The way they will drive the project will have a great impact on the community involvement. I have no need to make Novell own more bucks... making money honestly is not a problem, but it's not my problem. I will (and many others will) cooperate with Novell if and only if the work I do makes sense for the whole community, not only for Novell. I think Novell must give the community a great importance in the decision. Sure, there must be a final decision, and it's to be Novell's. But there should be any kind of vote system and when Novell decides not to follow the vote result, this should be largely explained. this don't mean anybody can do anything, but that an advice must be done by Novells corps _and_ the community and usually followed. What mean also to find what is "the community"? just this is not straightforward :-) jdd -- pour m'écrire, aller sur: http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.net http://arvamip.free.fr