Hi Simos, *, 2011/6/6 Simos Xenitellis <simos.li...@googlemail.com>: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Richard S. Hall <he...@ungoverned.org> wrote: >> On 6/6/11 10:41, Manfred A. Reiter wrote: >>> >>> Hi Richard, * >>> >>> 2011/6/6 Richard S. Hall<he...@ungoverned.org> >>>>
[...] >>> Fact: Your employer provoked the split, by a absolute >>> "non-communication" on the existing mailinglist. >>> Now, to say that TDF has split the Communtiy is dishonest! >> >> Forking splits communities. Whether you feel you had a justified reason for >> doing so does not change this fact. I am not weighing in on whether it is >> right or wrong in this case, since I think that is immaterial to where we >> are now. >> > > That's an example of denial. I do not see a conductive environment here > if such attitudes are tolerated. > >> I am only going by the "facts" as presented on the various Apache mailing >> lists. If it is true that TDF was engaged by Oracle/IBM before the Apache >> proposal, but failed to come to terms, then I cannot see how one can claim >> that the Apache proposal was merely an attempt to split the community. >> > > You should read more about free and open-source software, from diverse > sources. > Get a lwn.net subscription. > > Similar example, there was XFree86 long time ago that behaved just > like the Oracle developers. sorry, I have to take the _developer's defense_. It is self-evident that salaried developers are not allowed to communicate on mailinglists what they are _thinking_ what her employer is thinking about the project. The more, the community of volunteers expect that a new owner (BTW: April 2009) expresses his ideas about the future of product. cheers Manfred --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
