Charles-H.Schulz wrote:
Sorry to sound a bit authoritative, but given the purpose and the name of your web site, did you get any clearance from the Marketing project leads? From the community manager?
One has to find a balance between (1) keeping the community involved, and organized and (2) being flexible and efficient.
On the one hand, if you ask permission for everything, and you always seek complete approval from everyone, nothing will ever get done. We must make an effort to avoid bureocracy. On the other hand, it's good to avoid duplication of effort, it's good to keep people informed, and allow the community at large to get involved.
So we need to ask ourselves if SpreadOOo has found an appropriate balance. I think it has because:
(1) The idea has been floating around for a long time, this isn't sudden.
(2) But the official marketing project hasn't taken it up. Hence, this isn't competting with a current initiative.
(3) It looks like the Frando et al are keeping the community informed, and involved, and inviting contribution.
So I think they're fine. I also commend them for taking the initiative.
I don't think that approval per se should be a requirement. Instead, I think that the "requirements" should be (1) inform the appropriate project with plenty of time to respond and (2) don't duplicate an existing initiative. In this case, I think they SpreadOOo folk have done both.
Just my $0.02
Cheers, Daniel.
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