Alan Burlison wrote:
> OGB/2007/001
> (http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/2007-May/000437.html)
> seeks to control the manner in which OpenSolaris-sponsored projects are
> created and terminated. As such, it clearly has community-wide scope.
>
> The OpenSolaris constitution
> (http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/governance/) says, in
> section 3.1:
>
> "Members are given the right to vote on Community-wide decisions ... the
> set of all individuals that have been named by one or more Community
> Groups as Core Contributors are the Members who are given the right to
> vote on Community-wide decisions."
The OpenSolaris constitution also gives the OGB the duty and power to
set and maintain the procedures governing the OpenSolaris community:
6.1. Powers. The business and affairs of the OpenSolaris Community shall be
managed by or under the direction of the OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB),
which may exercise all such powers granted by the Charter for the operation
and sustenance of the OpenSolaris Community efforts, maintenance of the
accepted procedures for making decisions within the OpenSolaris Community, and
enforcement of those procedures when deemed necessary.
Do you really prefer the alternative of not allowing any project creations
until a vote of all community members can be organized and run?
--
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
