Hi Pedro, *, On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Pedro Giffuni <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not in the PPMC specifically to avoid participating in this type of > discussions, but I have to say this, just IMHO: > > I fail to understand why the ASF is not considered neutral,
The ASF people is not the big problem. It is having @openoffice.org or @apache.org as part of the address. You wouldn't be OK with the list being @libreoffice.org or @documentfoundation.org, would you? Those are not neutral either. As I don't think this point is so hard to understand, I can only assume Rob is reiterating on this stuff and throwing in "trust is what matters" on purpose. This has nothing to do with trust. > We owe to our millions of users out there to maintain our own security > channels and we cannot delegate them to a third party. So why do you think it is OK for TDF/LibreOffice to do so? (I know you're now switching from the neutrality issue to the administration part, but that once again is a different issue. Here is where trust also comes into play, but not any more than you have to trust the people who are subscribed to those lists) > Looking for > an unrelated domain to handle our issues is like giving your children > to your neighbors so they educate them "impartially". For TDF, @apache.org or @openoffice.org would be "unrelated", a different party. ciao Christian
