This is an inital rough draft that I think/hope represents all of the ideas
mentioned here.
Again, I agree with Bao, Ray and Dave, that treading cautionsly is best, and
I agree, to a limited degree, with Ray's most recent assertion that silence
does not always = agreement, but, as I think you may see from my draft,
Dave's decision does represent a breach of overall trust.
I agree with Ray that some notibles have reamined silent, and if there
cannot be a consensus, then so be it, and a statemnt dies on the vine. My
intent in suggestion a letter was to avoid an nudrectd "counterstrike" made
in haste.
All of that niceness aside, soem times, ya gotta say BULLSHIT, or the
unchallenged comment goes on to become accepted.
Anyway, it is late, this is very rough, and probably sucks toilet water.
Here goes:
Dear fellow LRP supporters, users and friends,
Recently, one of the common web sites for Linux Router Project information
was used for a purpose that was decidedly unrelated to LRP; instead, the
domain name was exploited to make a political statement that had no bearing
, except in the broadest interpretation, on anything connected to LRP.
While we all support the concept and practice of free and open political
speech, we do not, and cannot condone the use of an open source, community
based project to support an individual member of the communities’ political
position.
We believe that the global attention drawn to the LRP website is there
because of all the participants, not just a single developer. We understand
that the holder of the domain name can technically do as he/she wishes with
the domain, but insofar as an open source project is conceptualized,
written, supported and expanded by a truly diverse community, it seems wrong
at the very core to essentially hijack the work of many to serve a single
person’s political goals.
We hope this letter can serve a dual purpose; to let others know that the
message that appeared on the website was not shared by (any/the vast
majority) of us, and to show our disapproval for the abuse of the community
trust placed in the domain name holder’s hands.
If a project is truly open source, then it can know no single political
position, no single political ideology. It should, we believe, represent to
everyone an example of how people from all places and walks of life can
focus on a project that has no clear material gain, no self serving purpose
and produce a remarkable product free for everyone to use and benefit from.
Signed
__________
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ray
> Olszewski
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 12:24 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: OT Re: [Leaf-devel] linuxrouter.org
>
>
> At 08:25 PM 6/11/01 -0700, Mike Noyes wrote:
> ...
> >I agree with Scott's wording. I recognized my mistake as soon as
> I read his
> >message. I think we should give Morgan a chance to write a draft. He may
> >come up with something we can all agree on.
> ...
>
> We need to be careful here. Silence does not equal assent, and many of the
> important participants in LEAF have been most notable for their silence on
> this thread. Some of them may not share the sentiments of those of us who
> have spoken up, but hesitate to start a confrontation here on this list.
> Understandably. Others may share the general sentiment but feel that it is
> not a proper topic of discussion here. Again, understandably. In other
> contexts, I've been in both of these positions, and they are
> uncomfortable ones.
>
> Personally, I'm not too worried about trying to do something
> "effective". I
> think Dave's efforts are trivial in any real political sense.
>
> My personal goal is to respond in a way that lets me feel OK about living
> with myself. This is, for lack of a better word, a moral concern, not a
> political one. As I've said in other contexts, one cannot control
> the world,
> but one can at least try to control one's own reaction to the world.
>
> If Morgan comes up with something, I'll be happy to read and
> comment on it.
> But not tonight; I'm about done for the night (and it's after midnight in
> DC, after 11 in Kansas and Minnesota). Really, we are, as a
> group, better at
> sharing ideas and stimulating one another's creativity than we are at
> forging consensus. We've done that part here, and if nothing more happens
> than whatever each of us decides to do individually, we should feel good
> about that result.
>
> My best wishes to you all.
>
>
> --
> ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
> Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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