Just my 2 cents...
Charles-H.Schulz wrote:
No, it was a rather general statement. But the point I was making
regarding you was that people talked about some ideas in Koper that were
highly different from the add-on foundation. And in this I thought you
didn't even give it a concern. That was the sense of my message.
[snip]
I understand Louis, but let me re-state my statement; the add-on
foundation is unpopular and did not take into account *other proposals*.
You gave your reasons for this, but still they were falling short of the
point and did elude the question of a real OOo foundation so much that
it seemed people were simply not listened at.
I agree with Charles here. The idea of a "foundation" for holding
add-ons was... surprising. It as very different from what I felt was
discussed in Koper. It seems closer to Laurent's Incubator than to the
OOo Foundation that was discussed in Koper.
The proposal about a foundation is far from being a mere talk.
I agree with this. I'll also add a word of caution, that doing an OOo
Foundation the wrong way may be much worse than not doing it at all,
because once it's done, it will be a lot more difficult to back track
and fix it. An OOo Foundation is the sort of thing we want to get right
the first time.
Most of the issues regarding governance and process can be resolved
without a foundation: that was clear at Koper and clear now.
Yes, to a certain degree. We discussed that publicly and it was also
said that some issues could be helped by a *full-fledged* foundation.
I didn't think that this point was clear. I remember Louis stating it,
but that's all I can remember.
Yes, but the add-on foundation would have the primary result of
isolating the core development from the community process, and hence
give the perception that Sun *really does control everything*. Only an
independent entity sustaining the entire process could work.
I agree with Charles.
Best,
Daniel.
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