James Carlson wrote: > Stephen Lau writes: >> Darren Reed wrote: >>> To which I'd say that the board must be comprised of only those >>> who commit or make changes to the source code of opensolaris, >>> not those that are only involved in the ARC, website, etc. > [...] >>> Open source projects are fundamentally about code, everything >>> else is just window dressing. The right to be taken seriously >>> should be inline with the contribution to the source code base. >> Which only sets up an even more elitist atmosphere. You would be >> eliminating the valuable contributions of people who are docs people, >> translations, artists, evangelists, etc. > > Indeed. > >> There is nothing inherent about cutting code that somehow makes someone >> qualified to run or lead an open source project or community. > > I agree.
I agree as well. Many people have worked hard to build a diverse community open to all. I think we've come a long way, too, given the restrictions and dependencies we've been working with all alone. These things take time, and I think Indiana will help us grow to a new level of diversity. Diversity has been the intention all along from our very earliest planning meetings four years ago. The code is at the center and that first layer of coders is critical as a foundation for the entire community, no question about it. But communities are more than foundations. Also, as we grow in emerging regions around the world, we'll be engaging significantly more non-coders than coders (at least initially). Jim > Perhaps more importantly for this thread, though, I would like some > clarification from Darren on what he thinks are the existing > deficiencies in the OGB. In other words, I can't tell if he's > speaking in generic terms about all open source projects aside from > OpenSolaris, or if he has some clear complaint to be made about the > current membership. The wording seems deliberately inflammatory, > though. > > If he does in fact have a complaint, I'd like to hear it. I *am* an > ARC member, along with one of the other elected OGB members, but that > somehow doesn't keep me (or Alan) from writing code. Am I the > unqualified one due to a lack of political prowess, serving on the > wrong committees, or just for my code? I'd really like to know. > > Who are those drag-inducing people of whom Darren writes? If I'm it, > please make sure I don't end up winning the first round of the vote > next time we do this. ;-} >
