Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Wednesday, 2012-01-18 at 22:15 +0100, DenverD wrote:
On 01/18/2012 08:52 PM, Guido Berhoerster wrote:
I was trying to point out that the reasoning behind taking part in this protest promoting a certain politica agenda (no matter how well intended) is rather arbitrary and the said slippery slope. And I'm rather surprised the board is even entitled to make decisions about such matters which are at best peripherally related to openSUSE on behalf of the project.
i agree and suggest the board grossly overstepped their authority and their irresponsible behavior should be dealt with in some appropriate fashion...their removal would not be any more radical than their decision to jump into USA politics..
btw i am very anti-SOPA/PIPA but that is a private individual matter between me (as a citizen) and my government....this Community and its Board has _no_ standing in this matter whatsoever...in fact it is almost as childish to go black for a day as it is for the US government to think it can control the net in the first place...they do not have a clue.
I agree, too.
I may agree with the decission, but not in the form. The board can not decide for all in something so important as taking a political stance.
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. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.1°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org