Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> There is no conflict here with Sun's interests as a corporation.
> Sun decided (at the highest level) that this course of action
> was necessary for Sun to remain competitive in the OS space.
> Sun reiterated that by approving the constitution. Any decision
> the OGB makes for the benefit of OS.o is inherently for the benefit
> of Sun as well. In fact, the only way that the Sun employees on
> the OGB could possibly harm Sun, without exceeding the bounds
> of the charter, is to not make any decisions at all.
>
This assumes that Sun stands by that decision that chartering the
OpenSolaris community in the way that it is currently scoped is
beneficial and necessary for Sun to remain competitive.
As with any business decision, these things evolve and change. Sun may
no longer believe this to be the case, at which point the second part of
that paragraph ("Any decision the OGB makes...") becomes invalid.
-steve
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stephen lau | stevel at opensolaris.org | www.whacked.net
