On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 10:00 -0500, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Ian <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 10:34 -0700, amaloney wrote: > >> FSF should butt out. > > > > FSF has a legitimate political view. There is no reason why they should > > not state and support their goals. OOo is also free to exercise its > > right to ignore their requests. > > Sure, the big issue is if OOo is also ignoring it's own members right > to ignore or support such requests. Most OOo people I have asked agree > to default to free software, and group the proprietary extensions in > their own category listing.
In a democracy, the Community Council would be the legitimate representatives of the community so it would be mandated to make such decisions on behalf of the community and the community if ignored, could vote for a new Council at election time. That principle only falls down if you think that the Community Council is not democratic. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications A new approach to assessment for learning www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
