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Sudev,
>>>>> "Sudev" == Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Sudev> {Longish post} On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 09:50, Raj Mathur
Sudev> wrote:
Mairu> I forgot to mention in the previous mail, that the
Mairu> sub-domain, http://creative.linux-delhi.org is not
Mairu> available anymore. (for some reason)
>> It's not available because the gentleman who was hosting
>> creative dot decided to unilaterally put a company logo and his
>> own name on the front page, and changed the software
>> administrator password to deny Vivek Khurana access to the
>> site. Vivek, BTW, is the designer, implementer and maintainer
>> of the site. The only message I get from this is that the
>> gentleman is question is willing to let LUG interests suffer
>> unless he gets his own way in whatever small kingdom he has
>> built up. You could have a different interpretation, I'd be
>> glad to hear it.
Sudev> There is nothing hidden for Raj to circuitously address me
Sudev> as gentleman concerned. Easy to drop it but since I am the
Sudev> gentleman in question I state: 1. When the initial hosting
Sudev> idea was put across to me I had requested that my company
Sudev> logo link be put at the bottom. There was no claim of
Sudev> ownership ever demanded all the link should have said "site
Sudev> hosted by...." Project leaders acceptance was implied.
Sudev> 2. This is a practise for many a FLOSS site and indeed even
Sudev> for LUG-D and does not in any way compromise on content or
Sudev> opinions at the site. Nor did I demand any such rights of
Sudev> intervention.
Sudev> [snip]
I don't think anyone has ever denied you the right to have a logo or
branding on the site. My only complaint is with the manner in which
things have been handled -- firstly disabling the site after it was
announced, and then Tarun's mail saying that he will work to sort out
issues, immediately followed by someone deciding to deny the
administrators access to the site. Is it such a big deal if the logo
comes onto the site after 3 days instead of immediately? I think not.
I have no issues either way -- if you choose to host the site or to
withdraw your hosting offer. However I'd definitely ask for more
transparency and less of unilateral decisions and implementations in
any further transactions. The way things have been handled so far
reeks of ad-hocism and unwillingness to work with the community on
this particular problem.
Let me end by stating that you have been an active and professional
member of ILUG-Delhi for many years now; your presence and
contribution at LA2005 (and so many events before that) was extremely
valuable. I hope that we can put this issue behind us and move
forward quickly.
Regards,
- -- Raju
- --
Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
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