Re: two questions for candidates

2007-12-03 Thread Luis Villa
On Dec 3, 2007 1:11 AM, Richard Stallman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If people are going to be looking at licenses, I would very much like to discuss the FDL v2, and our usage of the FDL in general. There are some troublesome parts whose implications for GNOME aren't clear to me.

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-12-03 Thread Og Maciel
On Nov 30, 2007 2:30 PM, Philip Van Hoof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the foundation could setup (orchestrate) meetings (or interops or however you want to call them) with the different teams. Gather the right people and put them together from time to times. I agree 100% with this, and it

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-12-03 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 12:15 +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote: On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 10:18 +, Diego Escalante Urrelo wrote: On 12/1/07, Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doing that quality control could eat some (human) resources. Also as John says this could easily lead to an

Re: two questions for candidates

2007-12-03 Thread Richard Stallman
There is no schedule for the next FDL. Since Wikipedia has made up its mind, I want to (and owe it to them to) work on this soon. However, there is time to listen to suggestions, if they come soon. ___ foundation-list mailing list

Re: Question to candidates: what about next ODF?

2007-12-03 Thread Richard Stallman
I don't recall that any candidate explicily rejected supporting the free software movement by means other than improving the attractiveness and success of GNOME. But several candidates answered in a way that seemed to pointedly imply a rejection of any such form of support for

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-12-03 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 12:46 -0500, Adam Schreiber wrote: On Dec 3, 2007 12:41 PM, Og Maciel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about North Carolina? We have a great place with big name companies, schools and exciting people. Seconded. Adam Schreiber *cough*Clemson University, Clemson,

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-12-03 Thread Richard Stallman
GNOME is based on a philosophy, but it is not just a philosophy. It is a project to develop and maintain a desktop environment. A technical project has to make specific technical decisions. It can't favor all the options that fit the philosophy; often it has to choose an avenue and follow it.