Hi Telesto, Thanks for the large reply, of which, from what I gather is that you are saying that the definition of "Community" can be viewed from many perspectives. My comment to this is, this is where the TDF/LibreOffice needs to message in a clearer way on the website as to its definition of "community", just to make it crystal clear. We all come from different cultures, I am Canadian, and in particular French-Canadian, so, my interpretation of "community" will be nuanced by my cultural background. However, if a clear definition on the TDF and LibreOffice offers a clear message of the definition of "community" then it can be treated as our reference-guide.
As for giving credit to the coding enterprises that makes in large part what LibreOffice is, sure, I am on side with this. However, let's not forget that others have committed resources to the project. One example of such is the group of national domain holders who provide LibreOffice brand legal cover in various countries. For example, www.LibreOffice.ca is owned and supported by a Canadian individual who supports this cover (as well as other .ca domains), as well as potential liability. This hidden group is never spoken of, and, never credited for giving help to the project. There are many non-TDF-members on the docs team who also support through great effort and also some who base their doc support through their business who are also part of this large hidden group. And this is just the tip of some of the hidden groups who are generally left with no credit for their efforts. So, essentially, we should credit all who contribute to the project. But, sure, I completely agree, that the project should acknowledge in particular the ecosystem-partners as a strategy of moving the project on in the for-profit ecosystem, we should definitely consider this acknowledgement. But, with the hopes that the ecosystem-partners also realize the nature of the LibreOffice project's mission and vision is the heartbeat of the organization. As for your comments on timely re-evaluations, and the potential mess it may/does create. This is just part of the process. Membership talk is healthy, whether negative or positive. Learning how to work in a project with some give-and-take is healthy. We should all embrace any kind of conversation. We all come from different backgrounds, culture and knowledge. Cheers, Marc -- Marc Paré [email protected] https://www.parEntreprise.com parEntreprise.com Supports OpenDocument Formats (ODF) parEntreprise.com Supports http://www.LibreOffice.org LibreOffice Office Suite - 220 million users and growing! Over 1,000 project developers with impeccable help from its user base. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
