Hi, > Von: Christian Lippka <[email protected]>
> > I did not refer to your comment, I refereed to Fridrich Strba from > Novell and Rene Engelhard who is now Founding Members. Both voted > strongly against taking Gstreamer as an exception. > > Note, I don't say that they should not have done that. It was all part > of a process where Oracle was overruled by other community members. > A democratic decision that we respected. Ah ok - got your point and agree. > > The arguments from the Foundation people often have the tone of "It is > not the people working at Oracle who contribute to OOo we have a problem > with but the company." so it is fair to also point out that many people > on the Foundation project are either self employed and making money with > OpenOffice.org or are part of a company who makes money with > OpenOffice.org. I'm not saying that they should not do that, I'm happy > for anyone who has a job and makes money. But people should take into > account that not only Oracle has Business interests. You may notice, that people at The document foundation speak about an "An independent Foundation" ... not a foundation that is "free from Oracle". In fact I'd be happy to have Oracle with us, as independence from single entities can only be reached, if multiple entities collaborate. Each of those entities do have own goals (e.g. making business) - that's natural. But the business goals of one entity must not control or heavily influence "the big picture". If the name of that entity is Oracle or Novell or whatever doesn't matter. regards, André -- Neu: GMX De-Mail - Einfach wie E-Mail, sicher wie ein Brief! Jetzt De-Mail-Adresse reservieren: http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/demail --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
