Op woensdag 22 september 2010 05:24:22 schreef Olav Dahlum: [...] > Well, I will second to put aside certain differences for the benefit of > the community and create a stable environment in which we can work. > I see absolutely no problem with Mageia or Mandriva coexisting, and in > the process share as much infrastructure as possible to avoid doing it > all over again. > If we keep as much as we can of the infrastructure on community hands, I > think this is feasible to achieve and it will secure the feedback loop > into Mandriva we've missed from e.g PCLinuxOS. Also, a pure community > based distribution is a great idea, as we're not always having the same > goals as Mandriva S.A. Both would benefit from an arrangement like this. > The community (Mageia) could serve the regular users, taking care of > more personal needs and release a distro fitting these. And Mandriva > could concentrate on becoming a direct competitor to Canonical and > Redhat (possibly Novell or partners if they can work out the financial > situation) and gain real foothold in the enterprise/SMB market. One of > the prerequisites for this happen is of course that we acknowledge each > others existence and collaborate. Meaning, we will all aid in the common > development of Cooker, but be a completely independent entity from the > company, making our own (community) decisions. But will still keep the > good relations between us intact. So let's say Mandriva S.A funds (on of > the donators, etc) the foundation which creates Mageia and thus securing > their own interests through keeping the community alive, compensated for > their contributions (which is very important to remember!). We'll leave > if the situation is unsatisfactory (remember, we're highly independent > people) and if a FLOSS project lacks the community it's doomed, so > keeping us happy is the key to success. All this current pickering > between former employees and current ones is just stupid and will damage > both. So I say, let's call for a truce and work together in advocating > FLOSS software.
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